Character Descriptions

Christine Linde:

F, 20’s-40’s - Nora's old school friend. Recently widowed, is seeking employment. She was in a relationship with Krogstad many years ago.

Dr. Rank:

M, 30’s-50’s - A family friend. He is terminally ill, believes it to be the result of his father’s “immorality”. Has been concealing his love for Nora for a long time, though not particularly well.

Nils Krogstad:

M, 30’s-50’s - An employee at Torvald's bank. He is a single father pushed to desperation. A former fraudster, he leant money to Nora in the past, not knowing she’d forged her reference. Would seemingly do anything to retain his position.

Nora Helmer:

F, 20’s-40’s - Wife of Torvald, mother of three. She is living out her husband’s “ideal of the housewife”. Committed financial fraud in the past in order to obtain money to save Torvald’s life. She grows into realizing how caged and stifled she is in her marriage.

Nurse:

F, 40’s-60’s - Nanny to the Helmer children, and former nanny to their mother Nora. She gave up her own illegitimate daughter to "strangers". She became the only mother that Nora really knew. The “maid” role in the original will be combined into this one.

Torvald Helmer:

M, 30’s-50’s - Nora's husband; a recently promoted bank manager. He professes to be enamored of his wife. Loves the idea of perfection and cares deeply about the image his life and home present.