GLASHA, _a maid servant in the Kabanovs' house_.

AN OLD LADY _of seventy, half mad, with_ TWO FOOTMEN.

TOWNSPEOPLE _of both sexes_.


_The action takes place in the town of Kalinov, on the banks of the Volga,
in summertime. There is an interval of ten days between the 3rd and 4th
acts. All the characters except Boris are dressed in old Russian national
dress._




ACT I




SCENE I

A public garden on the steep bank of the Volga; beyond the Volga, a view
of the country. On the stage two benches and a few bushes.

KULIGIN (_sitting on a bench, looking towards the river_).

KUDRIASH and SHAPKIN (_walking up and down_).