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CAST OF CHARACTERS

Foreign Minister

Princess Charlotte

Larion Dokoukin

Alexis, Tsarevitch (Crown Prince) of Russia

Afanassief, his valet

Peter Tolstoi

Peter I the Great, Tsar (Emperor) of Russia

Catherine, the Tsaritsa

Theodosius, a prelate

Servant

Kniaz Pope

Kniaz Cardinals

Ivan

Cornelius

Several Old Believers

Princess Marya, Alexis’ aunt

Princesss Eudoxia, Alexis’ mother, Peter’s divorced wife

Prince Alexis as a child

German Tutor

An orderly

Kikin

Prince Dolgoruki

Peter’s Courier

Peter’s Valet

Afrossinia, Alexis’ common-law wife

Guards

Courtiers

A herald

Priests

Father Matthew

Executioner

Doctor

NOTE

This play is intended to be played with props but without conventional scenery. Characters, when not involved in the action, step back but remain visible to give a suggestion that what is happening involves all of them, constantly. Peter occasionally remains seated or appears on a dais. Pictures of Icons hang from the ceiling, but they do not suggest a conventional set. Occasionally the pictures change, sometimes, but not necessarily, to indicate a change of scenes; sometimes, within a scene, to indicate a change of mood.