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 CHARACTERS.

JOHANNES ROSMER, of Rosmersholm, formerly clergyman of the parish. REBECCA WEST, in charge of Rosmer's household. RECTOR[1] KROLL, Rosmer's brother-in-law. ULRIC BRENDEL. PETER MORTENSGÅRD.[2] MADAM HELSETH, housekeeper at Rosmersholm.

The action takes place at Rosmersholm, an old family seat near a small coast town in the west of Norway.

1 "Rector" in the Scotch and Continental sense of headmaster of a school, not in the English sense of a beneficed clergyman.

2 Pronounce Mortensgore.