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Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the story of Vera Zasulich. It was the first play that Wilde wrote. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1880, and in New York in 1882, but it was not a success and folded in both cities. It is nowadays rarely revived.
Of this work, 200 copies only have been printed, for private circulation. This is No.... VERA; OR, THE NIHILISTS. A DRAMA IN A PROLOGUE, AND FOUR ACTS. BY OSCAR WILDE. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED. [Device] 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. PERSONS IN THE PROLOGUE. PETER SABOUROFF (an Innkeeper). VERA SABOUROFF (his Daughter). MICHAEL (a Peasant). COLONEL KOTEMKIN. Scene, Russia. Time, 1795. PERSONS IN THE PLAY. 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... Continue reading book >>
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