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The Proposal

adapted by Lindsay Price from Anton Chekhov

Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov's proposal to Natalya Stepanovna needs to go off without a hitch. However, things quickly spiral into chaos when Natalya insists that Lomov doesn't actually own a piece of land he claims is his. And to make matters worse, he sits in the good chair!

Comedy Classical Adaptation

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 20 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
3 Characters
1 M2 F
Set
Simple set
Source
Part of Commedia Chekhov, a collection of 3 plays
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3 Characters

1 M, 2 F

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

CHUBUKOV [W] 68 lines
A landowning widow.
NATALYA STEPANOVNA [W] 115 lines
Her daughter.
LOMOV [M] 117 lines
A nervous neighbour of Chubukov.
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