Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Vera; Or, The Nihilists

SCENE.--_99 Rue Tchernavaya, Moscow. A large garret lit by oil lamps hung from ceiling. Some masked men standing silent and apart from one another. A man in a scarlet mask is writing at a table. Door at back. Man in yellow with drawn sword at it. Knocks heard. Figures in cloak...

Chapters

2. Chapter 2

SCENE.--_Council Chamber in the Emperor's Palace, hung with yellow tapestry. Table, with chair of State, set for the Czar; window behind, opening on to a balcony. As the scene p...

1. Chapter 1

SCENE.--_99 Rue Tchernavaya, Moscow. A large garret lit by oil lamps hung from ceiling. Some masked men standing silent and apart from one another. A man in a scarlet mask is wr...

3. Chapter 3

PRINCE PAUL. I had no idea, really, that the Nihilists were so exclusive. Let me assure you that if I had not always had an _entree_ to the very best society, and the very worst...

4. Chapter 4

GEN. KOTEMK. You are quite right to call him romantic, Baron; a week ago I found him amusing himself in a garret with a company of strolling players; to-day his whim is all the...

5. Chapter 5

Note [1]: Changed to 2 in violet pencil. [2]: Lines from 2 to 2 scored out. [3]: These lines scored out, and "we will have" added. [4]: This word underlined. [5]: These lines sc...

7. Chapter 7

Note [1]: "Marat" underlined. [2]: Altered to "VERA. Unmask! a spy!" [3]: Scored through. [4]: Scored through. [5]: Scored through. [6]: Lines scored through. [7]: Insert "and q...

6. Chapter 6

Note [1]: Lines scored through. [2]: Altered to "you missed." [3]: Altered to "profession." [4]: Scored through. [5]: Word scored through. [6]: Insert "for them to go to." [7]:...

8. Chapter 8

Note [1]: These three speeches are scored through. [2]: Insert "for the politician." [3]: All these lines are cut out. [4]: Alter to "Gentlemen." [5]: Cut out this sentence. [6]...