GEORGE TESMAN.*
HEDDA TESMAN, his wife.
MISS JULIANA TESMAN, his aunt.
MRS. ELVSTED.
JUDGE** BRACK.
EILERT LOVBORG.
BERTA, servant at the Tesmans.

*Tesman, whose Christian name in the original is "Jorgen," is
described as "stipendiat i kulturhistorie"—that is to say, the
holder of a scholarship for purposes of research into the History
of Civilisation.

**In the original "Assessor."

The scene of the action is Tesman's villa, in the west end
of Christiania.