his drink, goes to meet Knut and his men. Gudmund & Signe enter and almost drink the poison. As Knut returns in the morning and meets Bengt who is set upon defending his household, Knut slays him. Bengt’s friends capture Knut and bring him before Margit. The king’s men arrive. Gudmund is prepared to surrender, but finds that the king has recognized his error and restored all of Gudmund’s property and standing. Margit wishes Gudmund and Signe well and goes off to St. Sunniva's cloister. List of main characters BENGT GAUTESON, Master of Solhoug. MARGIT, his wife. SIGNE, her sister. GUDMUND ALFSON, their kinsman. KNUT GESLING, the King's sheriff. ERIK OF HEGGE, his friend. In the first staging of the play, at Det norske Theater in Bergen in 1856, the main characters were performed by Johannes Brun as Bengt Gauteson, his wife in real life Louise Brun as Margit, Fredrikke Nielsen as Signe, Jacob Prom as Gudmund Alfson, Andreas Isachsen as Knut Gesling, and Carl Hansen as Erik of Hegge. The director was the playwright himself, Henrik Ibsen. References and notes External links Gildet paa Solhoug, free e-book of the Norwegian text, at Project Runeberg. Plays by Henrik Ibsen 1855 plays