A DOMESTIC PICTURE.
A SCENE FROM MOSCOW LIFE.
By N. OSTRÒVSKY.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
Antìp Antìpych Pouzàtov, merchant, 35 years old.
Matryòna Sàvishna, his wife, aged 25.
Màrya Antìpovna, Pouzàtov’s sister, a girl of 19.
Stepanìda Trofimovna, Pouzàtov’s mother, aged 60.
Paramòn Ferapòntych Shiryàlov, merchant, aged 60.
Dàrya, servant maid.
A room in Pouzàtov’s house, furnished in glaringly bad taste. Portraits hanging above the sofa; Birds of Paradise painted on the ceiling; bright-coloured window-curtains; bottles on the window-sills. Màrya Antìpovna sits by the window with an embroidery-frame.