Main Characters
Sources: Rodgers & Hammerstein Guidetomusicaltheatre.com
- Maria Rainer, a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey
- The Mother Abbess, the head of Nonnberg Abbey
- Sister Bertha, the Mistress of Novices
- Sister Margaretta, the Mistress of Postulants
- Sister Sophia, a sister at the Abbey
- Captain Georg von Trapp
- Franz, Captain von Trapp's butler
- Frau Schmidt, Captain von Trapp's housekeeper
- The Children:
- Liesl von Trapp, age 16
- Friedrich von Trapp, age 14
- Louisa von Trapp, age 13
- Kurt von Trapp, age 11
- Brigitta von Trapp, age 10
- Marta von Trapp, age 7
- Gretl von Trapp, age 5, the youngest child
- Rolf Gruber, the 17-year-old delivery boy who has a crush on Liesl
- Elsa Schraeder, "wealthy and sophisticated" and Captain von Trapp's would-be fiancée
- Max Detweiler, Captain von Trapp's friend, a music agent and producer
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