“Vera, or the Nihilists”
And now in the survey of the Romantic Dramas we come to a play totally different from any other work of the author’s—“Vera, or the Nihilists.”
This is a melodrama pure and simple, the action taking place in Russia in 1795. It is described as “A Drama in a prologue and four acts,” and was written in 1881. Badly produced and acted in America it was printed for private circulation.
The dramatis personæ are:
PERSONS IN THE PROLOGUE
Peter Sabouroff (an Innkeeper).
Vera Sabouroff (his Daughter).
Michael (a Peasant).
Colonel Kotemkin.