Overview
Character Name
Sonya
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
19th century Russia
Analysis
Sonya is the professor’s daughter by his first wife. She is gentle and homely and secretly in love with Astrov, the doctor. Although she longs for him, she is afraid to find out his true feelings and prefers to live in ignorance. Like the other characters in Vanya, she has
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