PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

IN PHILADELPHIA

Miss Cat Royal – Fledgling actress and your guide

Mr Pedro Amakye – African violinist, former slave, a good friend

Frank (The Earl of Arden) – son of a duke, reluctant to take up his title

Mrs Lizzie Fitzroy – sister to Frank, now wife to…

Mr Johnny Fitzroy – ex-British lord, American citizen, artist

Miss Catherine Fitzroy – their daughter, and my goddaughter

Mr Syd Fletcher – old friend with a powerful punch

IN JAMAICA

Mrs Peabody – fearsome manager of acting ensemble

Miss Hetty Peabody – her untalented but pretty daughter

Miss Georgina Atkins (Georgie) – friendly mulatto actress from Antigua, my friend

Mr Jim Brown – Bostonian flautist

Mr Billy Shepherd – old enemy turned planter

Captain Bonaventure – unreliable French captain of the Medici

Mr Kingston Hawkins – Pedro’s old master, and a nasty piece of work

Miss Jenny – a slave with a new mistress

Mr Moses – her father, slave on Billy’s estate

Obeah man – wise man of the black community

Mrs Cookie – kindly slave in Mr Hawkins’ household

Miss Rafie – capable nurse

Mr Dawlish – deeply unpleasant overseer

ON THE MERRY MEG

Captain Ol Tivern – smuggler with a soft heart

Mr Kai – Chinese cook

Mr Mickey – bloodthirsty bosun

IN SAN DOMINGO

Mr Caesar – courageous driver of the mules

Colonel Deforce – rebel leader of the arms train

Mr Pitt – fatally obstinate mule

Jamaican theatre-goers, rebel soldiers, drunken sailors, etc., etc.