Oscar Wilde: The Complete works
The
Complete
Works
of
O S C A R
W I L D E
contents.
p l a y s
The Importance of Being Earnest.
n o v e l
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
s t o r i e s
The Happy Prince and Other Tales.
The Portrait of Mr W. H. [1889] [1921]
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories.
p o e m s
e s s a y s
The Soul of Man under Socialism.
Lectures, Essays, and Criticism.
for iris r.
Vera, or,
The Nihilists.
A Drama
in a Prologue and Four Acts
by
Oscar Wilde
London: Ranken & Co., 1880
[The text follows the
1927 Methuen & Co. edition.]
contents.
the persons of the prologue.
peter sabouroff, an Innkeeper.
vera sabouroff, his Daughter.
michael, a Peasant.
colonel kotemkin.
Scene Russia
Time 1795
the persons of the play.
ivan the czar.
prince paul maraloffski, Prime Minister of Russia.
prince petrovitch.
count rouvaloff.
marquis de poivrard.
baron raff.
general kotemkin.
a page.
nihilists.
peter tchernavitch, President of the Nihilists.
michael.
alexis ivanacievitch, known as a Student of Medicine.
professor marfa.
vera sabouroff.
Soldiers, Conspirators, &c.
Scene Moscow
Time 1800
·1· Prologue.
SCENE—A Russian Inn.
[Large door opening on snowy landscape at back of stage.]
[Peter