Names from The Marriage Proposal - Text
Recorded by Professor Maia Kipp, edited by Paul Meier, November 3, 2007; a revision of an earlier file made March 27, 2001. Running time 00:01:48.
Characters
Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov, (Stepan Stepanych* colloquial pronunciation; Uvazhay Stepanych - Stepan Uvazhaemych nonsensical distortions of Stepan’s name indicating that the speaker is nervous)
Natalya Stepanovna, (Natasha* short/familiar)
Ivan Vasilyevich Lomov (Ivan Vasilyich* colloquial pronunciation)
Other names, to which the characters refer in the play.
Lomovs
Chubukovs
Nastasya Mikhaylovna
Mironov
Geographic names
Volovyi Luzhki
Goreloye
Maruskiny Zelenya
Dogs’ names
Ugaday
Otkatay
Zapryagay
Stameska
Razmakhay