PERSONERNE:
FRU INGER OTTISDATTER RØMER, rigshovmester Nils Gyldenløves enke.
ELINE GYLDENLØVE, hendes datter.
RIGSRÅDEN NILS LYKKE, dansk ridder.
OLAF SKAKTAVL, en fredløs norsk adelsmand.
NILS STENSSØN.
HERR JENS BJELKE, svensk befalingsmand.
BJØRN, kammersvend på Østråt.
HUSTJENEREN FINN.
GÅRDSFOGDEN EJNAR HUK.
HUSFOLK, BØNDER og SVENSKE KRIGSKNÆGTE.
CHARACTERS.
LADY INGER OTTISDAUGHTER ROMER, widow of High Steward Nils Gyldenlöve.
ELINA GYLDENLÖVE, her daughter.
NILS LYKKE, Danish knight and councilor.
OLAF SKAKTAVL, an outlawed Norwegian noble.
NILS STENSSON.
JENS BIELKE, Swedish commander.
BIÖRN, major-domo at Östråt.
FINN, a servant.
EINAR HUK, bailiff at Östråt.
Servants, peasants, and Swedish men-at-arms.1
1. PRONUNCIATION of NAMES.--Östråt=Östrot; Inger=Ingher (g nearly as in “ringer”); Gyldenlöve=Ghyldenlöve; Elina (Norwegian, Eline)=Eleena; Stennson=Staynson; Biörn=Byörn; Jens Bielke=Yens Byelke; Huk=Hook. The final e’s and the ö’s pronounced much as in German.
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