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Semyon Vavilych
the fire chief
also: брандмейстер, Семен Вавилыч, the fire chief
The town's fire chief in "Ladies and Gentlemen, Townsfolk," whose long-winded, self-pitying budget speech drives the play's first act, and whose entire crew turns out to be absent when a real fire breaks out in the second.
Reading notes
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Townsfolk (Господа обыватели) §6 Fire Chief Semyon Vavilych
The brandmeyster, or fire chief, and the play's chief self-pitying orator, forever hinting at his own poor health and thin thanks while angling for a bigger budget.