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Comedies by Holberg

Act 5 — DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Oscar James Campbell translation

HERMAN VON BREMEN, a tinker. GESKE, his wife. ENGELKE, his daughter.

HENRICH } ANNEKE }- his servants. PEITER }

ANTONIUS, Engelke's lover.

JENS, a tavern-keeper } RICHARD, a brushmaker } Members of the GERT, a furrier }- Collegium Politicum. SIVERT, a baggage inspector } FRANZ, a cutler }

ABRAHAMS } SANDERUS }- Practical jokers.

MADAME ABRAHAMS. MADAME SANDERUS. ARIANKE, a blacksmith's wife.

A Man pretending to be Alderman of the Hatters' Guild, Petitioners, Women, Boys, Lackeys, and others.

ACTS I and III

SCENE: Hamburg. A street, showing Herman's house.

ACTS II, IV, and V

A room in Herman's house.

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