person
Arbenin
also: Арбенин
A voice from the wings shouting approval in this burlesque; no record of a real actor of this name in Lentovsky's circle could be confirmed, so the reference may be a literary in-joke on the name of the tragic hero of Lermontov's "Masquerade" rather than a topical cameo.
Reading notes
- Chaos in Rome §31 Arbenin
A voice from the wings shouting approval ("Splendid!") is attributed to "Arbenin." No record of a real actor by this name in Lentovsky's troupe could be confirmed; given the name's prominence as the tragic hero of Lermontov's "Masquerade," this may be a literary in-joke (a stock "recognizable dramatic name" gag) rather than a topical reference to a real contemporary. Treated here as unresolved.