Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)

The Wild Duck

Translated by Frances Archer

Characters

WERLE
A merchant, manufacturer, etc.

GREGERS WERLE
His son

OLD EKDAL

HIALMAR EKDAL
His son, a photographer

GINA EKDAL
Hialmar’s wife

HEDVIG
Their daughter, a girl of fourteen

MRS. SØRBY
Werle’s housekeeper

RELLING
A doctor

MOLVIK
Ex-student of theology

GRÅBERG
Werle’s bookkeeper

PETTERSEN
Werle’s servant

JENSEN
A hired waiter

A FLABBY GENTLEMAN

A THIN-HAIRED GENTLEMAN

A SHORT-SIGHTED GENTLEMAN

Six other gentlemen, guests at Werle’s dinner-party

Several hired waiters

The first act passes in Werle’s house, the remaining acts at Hialmar Ekdal’s

Table of Contents

Act I