Characters
Dramatis Personae
11 Characters: 5 Male, 6 Female
- Lord Makepeace Blockworthy, Lord of Blockworthy Hall, landowner
- Lady Isabel Blockworthy, his wife
- The Hon. Aloysius Blockworthy, their son and heir apparent to Blockworthy Hall
- The Hon. Celestia Spence, friend of the family and District Commissioner of the Blockworthy Pony Club
- George Starker-Pole: a Stockbroker; married to Lord and Lady Blockworthy’s daughter
- The Hon. Genevieve Starker-Pole, his wife; daughter of Lord and Lady Blockworthy
- Miles Hoover, Butler at Blockworthy Hall
- Lily Hoover, his wife; Housekeeper at Blockworthy Hall
- Reginald Trudge, Gamekeeper at Blockworthy Hall
- The Dowager Lady Ernestia Blockworthy, elderly, widowed mother of Lord Makepeace, and former opera singerPolly Ponsonby, family friend (Cameo role at the beginning and end only)