DRAMATIS PERSONAE
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
JAKOB KUISL, hangman of Schongau
SIMON FRONWIESER, son of the town doctor
MAGDALENA KUISL, the hangman’s daughter
ANNA-MARIA KUISL, the hangman’s wife
GEORG AND BARBARA, the hangman’s twin children
CITIZENS OF SCHONGAU
MARTHA STECHLIN, midwife
JOHANN LECHNER, court clerk
BONIFAZ FRONWIESER, Schongau town doctor
MICHAEL BERCHTHOLDT, master baker and alderman
MARIA BERCHTHOLDT, the master baker’s wife
RESL KIRCHLECHNER, the master baker’s maid
PEOPLE OF REGENSBURG
ELISABETH HOFMANN, the bathhouse owner’s wife and Jakob Kuisl’s sister
ANDREAS HOFMANN, Regensburg bathhouse owner
PHILIPP TEUBER, hangman of Regensburg
CAROLINE TEUBER, the Regensburg hangman’s wife
SILVIO CONTARINI, Venetian ambassador
NATHAN THE WISE, king of the Regensburg beggars
PAULUS MAMMINGER, Regensburg city treasurer
KARL GESSNER, Regensburg raftmaster
DOROTHEA BACHLEIN, brothel owner and prostitute
FATHER HUBERTUS, the bishop’s brewmaster
HIERONYMUS RHEINER, president of the city council
JOACHIM KERSCHER, president of the Regensburg tax office
DOMINIK ELSPERGER, doctor
THE BEGGARS
HANS REISER
BROTHER PAULUS
CRAZY JOHANNES