[I-15]

[Chekhov]

IRINA: That poor girl. They say that her late mother left a huge fortune to her father, who plans to give it all to his second wife, leaving Nina nothing. It's shameful.

DORN: Her father is despicable.

SORIN: (rubbing his hands to warm up) Why don't we all go inside? It's getting damp, and my legs are killing me.

IRINA: Let me help you - you can barely walk, you're so stiff.

(She takes Sorin's arm and they start off.)

ILYA: My dear?

(He offers his arm to his wife, Polina.)

SORIN: That damn dog is barking again. Ilya, get them to unchain it, would you?

ILYA: I can't unlock the barn, I've got mullet in there. (To Med., who is walking beside him toward the house:) A whole octave lower, "Bravo, Silva!" And he was just an ordinary choir singer.

MED.: How much money does a choir singer make?

(Everyone has exited except Dorn. Ilya and Polina go into the kitchen. Irina stops in the garden to talk to Masha. Sorin, Trigorin and Medvedenko go into the living room.)

[follow Ilya and Polina]

[follow Irina]

[follow Sorin, Trigorin and Medvedenko]

[continue here]