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