Notable productions
| Character | West End (1973) | Broadway (1975) | West End revival (1986) | Broadway revival (1997) | West End revival (2009) | Broadway revival (2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nora Helmer | Claire Bloom | Liv Ullman | Juliet Stevenson | Janet McTeer | Gillian Anderson | Jessica Chastain |
| Torvald Helmer | Anthony Hopkins | Sam Waterson | Trevor Eve | Owen Teale | Toby Stephens | Arian Moayed |
- Nora Helmer – wife of Torvald, mother of three, is living out the ideal of the 19th-century wife.
- Torvald Helmer – Nora's husband, a newly promoted bank manager, professes to be enamored of his wife but their marriage stifles her.
- Dr. Rank – a rich family friend (named "Peter Rank" in Michael Meyer's translation). He is terminally ill, and it is implied that his "tuberculosis of the spine" originates from a venereal disease contracted by his father.
- Kristine Linde (sometimes spelled Christine in English translations) – Nora's old school friend, widowed, is seeking employment. She was in a relationship with Krogstad prior to the play's setting.
- Nils Krogstad – an employee at Torvald's bank, a single father, he is pushed to desperation. A supposed scoundrel, he is revealed to be a long-lost lover of Kristine.
- The Children – Nora and Torvald's children: Ivar, Bobby, and Emmy (in order of age).
- Anne Marie – Nora's former nanny, who gave up her own daughter to "strangers" when she became, as she says, the only mother Nora knew. She now cares for Nora's children.[8]
- Helene – the Helmers' maid.
- The Porter – delivers a Christmas tree to the Helmer household at the beginning of the play.
