Vera; Or, The Nihilists

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A DRAMA IN A PROLOGUE, AND FOUR ACTS.
NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.
PRIVATELY PRINTED , 1902.
This Play was written in 1881, and is now published from the author's own copy, showing his corrections of and additions to the original text.
Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation has been standardised. Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note, whilst significant amendments have been listed at the end of the text.
Although not present in the original publication, the following list of contents has been provided for convenience:
Peter Sabouroff (an Innkeeper). Vera Sabouroff (his Daughter). Michael (a Peasant). Colonel Kotemkin.
Scene, Russia. Time, 1795.
Ivan the Czar. Prince Paul Maraloffski (Prime Minister of Russia). Prince Petrovitch. Count Rouvaloff. Marquis de Poivrard. Baron Raff. General Kotemkin. A Page.
Nihilists.
Peter Tchernavitch, President of the Nihilists. Michael. Alexis Ivanacievitch, known as a Student of Medicine. Professor Marfa. Vera Sabouroff.