Persons
| Dr Fritz Scholz, aged 68. | |||
| Minna Scholz, his wife, aged 46. | |||
| Augusta, | } | their children, | aged 29. |
| Robert, | } | aged 28. | |
| William, | } | aged 26. | |
| So far as possible the above should show a family likeness. | |||
| Mrs Buchner, aged 42. | |||
| Ida, her daughter, aged 20. | |||
| Friebe, servant to the Scholzs, aged 50. | |||
The Play takes place on Christmas Eve 188—, in a lonely country house, near Erkner, in Brandenburg.