DR. THOMAS STOCKMANN, Medical Officer of the Municipal Baths. MRS. STOCKMANN, his wife.
PETRA (their daughter) a teacher.
EJLIF & MORTEN (their sons, aged 13 and 10 respectively). PETER STOCKMANN (the Doctor's elder brother), Mayor of the town and chief constable, Chairman of the Baths' Committee, etc. MORTEN KIIL, a tanner (Mrs. Stockmann's adoptive father). HOVSTAD, editor of the "People's Messenger.”
BILLING, sub-editor. CAPTAIN HORSTER. ASLAKSEN, a printer.
Men of various conditions and occupations, a few women, and a troop of schoolboys--the audience at a public meeting.
The action takes place in a coastal town in southern Norway,