The Ghost Sonata - Characters

Characters

  • The Old Man, Jacob Hummel
  • The Student, Arkenholz
  • The Milkmaid, An apparition
  • The Superintendent's wife
  • The Superintendent
  • The Dead Man, a Consul
  • The Lady in Black, Daughter of the Dead Man and the Superintendent's wife.
  • The Colonel
  • The Mummy, the Colonel's wife
  • The Young Lady, the Colonel's daughter, but actually the Old Man's daughter
  • Johansson, Hummel's servant
  • Bengtsson, The Colonel's footman
  • The FiancĂ©e, a white-haired woman, formerly engaged to Hummel
  • The Cook
  • Beggars

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