During an awkward silence in this play, one character remarks that it is "a fine day to hang oneself," and he later tells another character that she has "mermaid blood." An old woman in this play has spent her entire life reading pamphlets, and another character steals a bottle of morphine from a doctor, but he is convinced to return it before he uses it to commit suicide. This play ends with one character repeating the line "we shall rest" while Telegin plays his guitar. A doctor in this play feels that his true calling is in forestry, and after showing a map depicting the degeneration of the countryside, he kisses the unwilling Elena. The title character of this play rants about how another man knows nothing of art despite being a retired art professor, and he attempts to shoot that professor twice with a revolver after the professor expresses a desire to sell the estate where this play takes place. The doctor Astrov visits the estate
During an awkward silence in this play, one character remarks that it is "a fine day to hang oneself," and he later tells another character that she has "mermaid blood." An old woman in this play has spent her entire life reading pamphlets, and another character steals a bottle of morphine from a doctor, but he is convinced to return it before he uses it to commit suicide. This play ends with one character repeating the line "we shall rest" while Telegin plays his guitar. A doctor in this play feels that his true calling is in forestry, and after showing a map depicting the degeneration of the countryside, he kisses the unwilling Elena. The title character of this play rants about how another man knows nothing of art despite being a retired art professor, and he attempts to shoot that professor twice with a revolver after the professor expresses a desire to sell the estate where this play takes place. The doctor Astrov visits the estate of the professor Serebryakov in this play, and it was adapted from its author's earlier work The Wood Demon. For 10 points, name this Anton Chekhov play whose title character is Ivan Voinitsky.
During an awkward silence in this play, one character remarks that it is "a fine day to hang oneself," and he later tells another character that she has "mermaid blood."
Uncle Vanya [or Dyadya Vanya]