Dramatis Personae

Name: An Enemy of the People - Dramatis Personae
Author: Henrik Ibsen

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,

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Chicago: Henrik Ibsen, "Dramatis Personae," An Enemy of the People, ed. Maurice, Paul and trans. Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson), 1864-1945 in An Enemy of the People (New York: The Modern Library Publishers, 1918), Original Sources, accessed July 6, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=28QLMTYVVKQT27T.

MLA: Ibsen, Henrik. "Dramatis Personae." An Enemy of the People, edited by Maurice, Paul, and translated by Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson), 1864-1945, in An Enemy of the People, New York, The Modern Library Publishers, 1918, Original Sources. 6 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=28QLMTYVVKQT27T.

Harvard: Ibsen, H, 'Dramatis Personae' in An Enemy of the People, ed. and trans. . cited in 1918, An Enemy of the People, The Modern Library Publishers, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 6 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=28QLMTYVVKQT27T.