Who’s Who in Brumley

• Arthur Birling


  Is a successful businessman who is well respected in Brumley. He owns a factory and is head of the Birling family
• Sybil Birling


  Is Arthur’s wife. She’s obsessed with etiquette and her status in society
• Eric Birling


  Is the Birlings’ son. He’s a secret alcoholic who’s going to inherit his father’s business
• Gerald Croft


  Is an upper-class businessman. He’s about thirty, and is engaged to Sheila
• Sheila Birling


  Is the Birlings’ daughter. She’s in her early twenties, and is engaged to Gerald
• Edna


  Is the Birlings’ parlour maid. She doesn’t have many lines, but she welcomes the Inspector into the house. She’s the only working-class woman on stage
• The Inspector


  Is a mysterious man who claims to be a police inspector. He’s investigating the death of Eva Smith
• Eva Smith/Daisy Renton


  Is the victim of the play. We never see her. She might be lots of different girls. She might not even be dead