Collegiate Assessor
A civil servant in the Imperial Russian government
Operetta
A short, humorous opera
Pantomime
A performance using entirely gestures, lacking any verbal expression
'Faust Burlesqued'
Faust up to Date, a musical burlesque by Meyer Lutz (1864)
'Orpheus in Hades'
Orpheus in the Underworld, an operetta by Jacques Offenbach
Bryansk
A city in western Russia
Kharkov
A city in northeastern Ukraine
Vespers
Evening prayers
Genuflections
Kneeling during prayer
Akimbo
Body position with hands on the hips and elbows bowed outwards
Superfluous
Excessive, unnecessary
Cracknels
Hard, crisp biscuits
Entwine
To interlace
Sardonic
Cynical or sarcastic
