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- Nicholas Urfe – the protagonist, a 26-year-old Englishman who goes to Greece to teach English and one day stumbles upon "the waiting room"
- Alison Kelly – Nicholas' recent Australian girlfriend, whom he abandons to go to Greece
- Maurice Conchis – a wealthy intellectual who is a main player in the masques
- Lily Montgomery / Julie Holmes / Vanessa Maxwell – a young woman who is involved in the masques and with whom Nicholas falls in love
Other
- Joe – a young black American, involved in the masques
- Maria – Conchis's maid
- Demetriades – a fellow teacher at the school
- Lily de Seitas (older) – Lily's mother
- Rose de Seitas – Lily's identical twin sister
- Benji de Seitas – the younger brother of the Seitas twins
- Kemp – an unmarried woman who rents Nicholas a room in London
- Jojo – a young girl whom Nicholas pays to accompany him
Story characters
- de Deukans
- Gustav Nygaard
- Henrik Nygaard
- Anton
- Wimmel
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