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What time period is this set in?


I am GUESSING (from a recent viewing) around 1900-10. Does that sound right?

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I'm guessing sometime between the 1890s - 1900-10, as well.



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Yes, the script of the play states 1905 (when it begins, I assume).



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On the eve of the Russian Revolution.

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On the eve of the Russian Revolution.
You must mean this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1905

The big Bolshevik revolution started in 1917.

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Drake

FYI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1905

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