Dramatis Personae

• Mrs. Helen Alving, widow of Captain Alving, late Chamberlain2 to the King.

• Oswald Alving, her son, a painter.

• Pastor Manders

• Jacob Engstrand, a carpenter.

• Regina Engstrand, Mrs. Alving’s maid.

The action takes place at Mrs. Alving’s country house, beside one of the large fjords in Western Norway.