Dramatis Personae + 

Mrs. Helen Alving, widow of Captain Alving, late Chamberlain 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. + 