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The collected works of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. 06 (of 11)

Chapter 5: CHARACTERS.
By Henrik Ibsen
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The volume assembles two stage plays that examine the tensions between public image and private motive. One play satirizes local politics and reformist posturing, following ambitious figures who manipulate civic feeling and social occasions to advance personal aims, producing comic exposure and strained relationships. The other dramatizes reputed community leaders whose respectable facades hide moral compromises and past misdeeds, tracing how returning pressures and family entanglements unravel reputations and force ethical reckonings. Both pieces employ plain, stage-centered prose and closely observed social scenes to probe hypocrisy, responsibility, and the cost of maintaining appearances.

THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH

(1869)

CHARACTERS.

  • Chamberlain Bratsberg,[3] owner of iron-works.
  • Erik Bratsberg, his son, a merchant.
  • Thora, his daughter.
  • Selma, Erik’s wife.
  • Doctor Fieldbo, physician at the Chamberlain’s works.
  • Stensgård,[4] a lawyer.
  • Mons Monsen, of Stonelee.[5]
  • Bastian Monsen, his son.
  • Ragna, his daughter.
  • Helle,[6] student of theology, tutor at Stonelee.
  • Ringdal, manager of the iron-works.
  • Anders Lundestad, landowner.
  • Daniel Heire.[7]
  • Madam[8] Rundholmen, widow of a storekeeper and publican.
  • Aslaksen, a printer.
  • A Maid-servant at the Chamberlain’s.
  • A Waiter.
  • A Waitress at Madam Rundholmen’s.
  • Townspeople, Guests at the Chamberlain’s, etc. etc.
The action takes place in the neighbourhood of the iron-works, not far from a market town in Southern Norway.