Boots

Characters

• Afanasy Yegoritch Murkin — a piano tuner and accidental exposer of the affair: The sickly tuner spends the day in two left boots, and his evening request triggers a backstage scandal.
• Semyon — the corridor attendant at the furnished rooms: After drinking, he mixes up two pairs of boots and sends Murkin to look for the actor at the theatre.
• Pavel Alexandritch Blistanov, Bluebeard — the actor playing Bluebeard and owner of the misplaced boots: He accidentally leaves in Murkin's boots, then takes the tuner's awkward explanation for slander and pursues him with a revolver.
• King Bobesh — an actor and the injured husband: He reveals that his wife lives in room 64 and grasps the implication of Murkin's story before the tuner does.
• the actress in room 64 — King Bobesh's wife and occupant of the adjoining room: Without appearing, she throws out the wrong boots to Murkin; that simple handoff exposes Blistanov's overnight visit.