Characters
- Hedda Gabler, the wife of Jørgen Tesman
- Jørgen Tesman, the husband of Hedda; an academic
- Miss Juliane Tesman, aunt of Jørgen
- Mrs. Thea Elvsted, friend of Jørgen, school rival of Hedda, confidant of Ejlert
- Judge Brack, friend of the Tesmans
- Ejlert Løvborg, Jørgen's academic rival whom Hedda previously loved
- Berte, servant to the Tesmans and to Jørgen as a child
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