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Characters By Chapter
EDITOR:
Remy Hale
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1  DEMONSTRATION OF DEATH
 Muriel BealeInspector of the Nurse Training Schools.
 AngelaBurrowsPrincipal Tutor at a London teaching hospital.
 MaryTaylorMatron of a major teaching hospital.
 MissMontroseMuriel Beale's acquaintance.
 HildaRolfeThe Principal Tutor.
 Stephen BriggsThe senior consultant surgeon.
 MavisGearingA clinical instructor.
 HeatherPearceOne of a student nurses.
 Mrs.StokesA patient.
 ChristineDakersOne of a student nurses.
 MadeleineGoodaleOne of a student nurses.
 MaureenBartOne of a student nurses.
 ShirleyBartOne of a student nurses. Maureen's twin sister.
 JuliaPardoeOne of a student nurses.
 DianeHarperOne of a student nurses.
 MarthaCollinsThe housekeeper.
 JosephineFallonOne of a student nurses. Aka: Jo.
 EthelBrumfettThe Sister in charge of the private ward. Aka: Brum.
 PaulHudsonThe hospital's secretary.
 MarcusCohenThe Chairman of the Hospital Management Committee.
2  CEASE UPON THE MIDNIGHT
 BillBaileyAn inspector.
 AlbertColgateThe porter on night duty in the main lodge.
3  STRANGERS IN THE HOUSE
 AdamDalglieshThe Chief Superintendent.
 MilesHoneymanA forensic pathologist.
 Fenning A photographer.
 RobertHillsAn English painter and etcher.
 JohnWesleyAn English cleric, theologian and evangelist.
 JaneAustenAn English novelist.
 DanielGreeneAn author.
 EvelynWaughAn English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books.
 IvyBurnettAn English novelist.
 DavidHartleyThe author of Observations on Man.
 TomPowellThe chairman of the Powell industries.
 CaryElwesAn English actor and writer.
 JohnDonneAn English poet and cleric in the Church.
 CharlesMastersonA detective.
 Mr.ScunthropeA wine store owner.
 AldermanKealeyVice-Chairman of the Hospital Management Committee.
 MichaelangeloAntonioniItalian film director, screenwriter, editor, and author.
 RaymondGroutThe Group Secretary.
 MissBuckfieldMiss Rolfe's secretary.
 Dr.SnellingA general physician.
 NurseWilkinsA student nurse.
 MissArkwrightA customer in the department store.
 Mrs.DakersNurse Dakers' mother.
 RolandHarperDiane Harper's father.
 Mrs.CoxA ward Sister.
4  QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 ConstableGreesonA detective.
 Nigel Mr. Courtney-Briggs's nephew.
 JenniferBlainOne of the students.
 TomMannixThe pediatric registrar.
 Sheila Bob's wife.
 RobertMaycroftA Group Captain. Aka: Bob.
 SisterManningMiss Rolfe's first assistant.
 LeonardMorrisThe chief pharmacist of the hospital. Aka: Len.
 Mrs.MuncieA helper.
 MoragSmithA maid.
5  TABLE TALK
 Fleming The outpatient pharmacist.
 MissWrightThe senior secretary.
 MissBunyonThe head radiographer.
 Mrs.NethemThe head medical social worker.
 FlorenceNightingaleAn English statistician, and founder of modern nursing.
 Mr.MolraveyThe ophthalmic surgeon.
 MartinDettingerOne of the patients.
 LouiseDettingerMartin Dettinger's mother.
 G. K.ChestertonAn English writer, philosopher.
  WaddinghamA nurse.
 MissBaguleyA patient.
 Mrs.BriggsMr. Courtney-Briggs' wife.
 Peter AlbertBriggsMr. Courtney-Briggs' brother.
 Macbeth A brave Scottish general.
 WilliamShakespeareEnglish poet.
 Edie Heather's aunt.
6  LONG DAY'S ENDING
 Mrs.MorrisMr. Len Morris' wife.
 ThomasNightingaleA local string and rope manufacturer.
 NancyGorringA maidservants.
 Mrs.NightingaleThomas' wife.
7  DANSE MACABRE
 ArnoldDowsonJosephine Fallon's lover.
 Colette A French writer.
 HenryUrquhartJosephine Fallon's solicitor.
 Mr.SurteesHenry Urquhart's clerk.
 Sylvia Masterson's girlfriend.
 Tony Mrs. Dettinger's husband.
 EdwardHealthThe name used by Matterson.
 IrmgardGrobleUntrained female nurse.
8  A CIRCLE OF BURNT EARTH
 MaxKleinThe head doctor.
 ErnstGumbmannA young pharmacist.
 AdolfStraubThe chief male nurse.
 AdolfHitlerGerman politician and leader of the Nazi Party.
 Willig One of the nurses.
 Rhode One of the nurses.
 ErnestBrumfettAn English sergeant.
 SergeantTaylorMary Taylor's husband.
Shroud for a Nightingale suggested by Elizabeth Robinson
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