by Anton Chekhov
A farce
Characters: 2M, 1F
Stepan Stepanovitch Tschubukov- a country farmer
Natalia Stepannovna- his daughter (age 25)
Ivan Vassiliyitch Lomov- Tschubukov's neighbor (age 35)
Summary:
Lomov and Tschubukov (Tschub), and their respective families have been long time neighbors. Lomov comes over to Tschub's home to propose marriage to his daughter Natalia. Tschub is excited about Lomov's intentions and calls Natalia in, leaving her alone with Lomov. Before Lomov has a chance to propose, he and Natalia get into an argument about which family owns a meadow between the two households. This trivial matter escalates into a full blown argument in which Tschub becomes involved. Tschub throws Lomov out of his house. When Natalia finds out Lomov intended to propose, she becomes hysterical and demands that her father bring Lomov back. Tschub brings Lomov back for a second chance at proposal. Before Lomov can propose this time, he and Natalia get into another trivial argument over the families' dogs. Lomov is a hypochondriac, and he becomes faint as his nerves escalate in parallel to the arguments By the end of the second argument Lomov faints, causing Tschub and Natalia to believe that they killed him. When Lomov wakes, Tschub essentially forces Lomov and Natalia to seal the proposal with a kiss. After the engagement, Lomov and Natalia continue to argue about the dogs...
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