The Persons of the Play

The play was first staged at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 3 January 1895.

The Earl of Caversham, KG	Mr Alfred Bishop
Viscount Goring (his son)	Mr Charles H. Hawtrey
Sir Robert Chiltern, Bt. (Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs)	Mr Lewis Waller
Vicomte de Nanjac (Attaché at the French Embassy in London)	Mr Cosmo Stuart
Mr Montford	Mr Henry Stanford
Mason (Butler to Sir Robert Chiltern)	Mr H. Deane
Phipps (Lord Goring’s servant)	Mr C. H. Brookfield
James (Footman at Lord Goring’s)	Mr Charles Meyrick
Harold (Footman at Sir Robert Chiltern’s)	Mr Goodhart
Lady Chiltern	Miss Julia Neilson
Lady Markby	Miss Fanny Brough
The Countess of Basildon	Miss Vane Featherston
Mrs Marchmont	Miss Helen Forsyth
Miss Mabel Chiltern (Sir Robert’s sister)	Miss Maude Millett
Mrs Cheveley	Miss Florence West