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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Barbara | Major Barbara Undershaft is a well-to-do young woman who has given up many privileges of her class to commit herself to saving souls through her work at the Salvation Army. Read More |
| Undershaft | Andrew Undershaft is the cynical, worldly-wise, middle-aged man whose business of manufacturing munitions has made him a millionaire. Read More |
| Cusins | Adolphus Cusins, an intelligent Greek scholar, will do just about anything for his fiancé Barbara, including playing the drum at Salvation Army meetings. Read More |
| Lady Britomart | A member of the British nobility, Lady Britomart Undershaft is unyielding in her morals and expectations for her children. Read More |
| Mrs. Baines | Mrs. Baines is a pragmatic but sincere Salvation Army leader, happy to accept funds from any source and turn them to good use. |
| Bilton | Bilton, a man with a dry sense of humor, is a foreman in a weapons factory. |
| Bodger | Also known as the newly titled Lord Saxmundham, Sir Horace Bodger is a wealthy distiller who funds various charities to gain a better name in the community. |
| Todger Fairmile | A strong boxer, Todger Fairmile has been converted by the Salvation Army. |
| Mog Habbijam | A convert to the Salvation Army, Mog Habbijam has in turn begun converting others. |
| Jenny Hill | A generous young woman with an earnest faith, Jenny Hill works tirelessly at the Salvation Army to help save the poor. |
| Lazarus | Undershaft's business partner, Lazarus is anxious that its next owner be named. |
| Charles Lomax | Charles Lomax is a good-natured, although silly and rather ignorant, young upper-class man. |
| Rummy | Romola "Rummy" Mitchens, who goes by Rummy, is a poor married woman who pretends to have a sad life story to take advantage of the assistance provided by the Salvation Army. |
| Morrison | Morrison is the very proper English butler in the Undershaft home. |
| Snobby | Snobby Price, whose real name is Bronterre O'Brien Price, is an unemployed painter by trade with a talent for dishonesty and manipulation. |
| George Bernard Shaw | George Bernard Shaw is the playwright of Major Barbara. He does not appear as a character in the play, but his preface is analyzed, and he is quoted within this guide. |
| Peter Shirley | Honest, intelligent, working-class Peter Shirley is a man who is upset to have lost his job to a younger worker. |
| Earl of Stevenage | Lady Britomart's father, the Earl of Stevenage is a titled gentleman who doesn't think he should support his grandchildren when their father, his son-in-law, is a millionaire. |
| Sarah Undershaft | Sarah Undershaft is an easy-going, upper-class young woman who knows her fiancé is rather stupid but seems to care for him nonetheless. |
| Stephen Undershaft | A well-to-do English gentleman, Stephen Undershaft has no real talents or ambitions but is confident in his moral code. |
| Bill Walker | Bill Walker is a bully from the streets of London's East End. |
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