The Persons of the Play

The play was first staged at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 19 April 1893.

Lord Illingworth	Mr Tree
Sir John Pontefract	Mr Holman Clark
Lord Alfred Rufford	Mr Lawford
Mr Kelvil, MP	Mr Allan
The Ven. James Daubeny,     DD (Rector of Wrockley)	Mr Kemble
Gerald Arbuthnot	Mr Fred Terry
Farquhar (Butler)	Mr Hay
Francis (Footman)	Mr Montagu
Lady Hunstanton	Miss Rose Leclercq
Lady Caroline Pontefract	Miss Le Thière
Lady Stutfield	Miss Horlock
Mrs Allonby	Mrs Tree
Hester Worsley	Miss Julia Neilson
Alice (Maid)	Miss Kelly
Mrs Arbuthnot	Mrs Bernard Beere