STANLEY: Staid and middle-aged, inclined to be pompous. A successful business man with few hobbies.
LIVIA: Attractive wife of Stanley, 40s, adventurous intelligent and lively. Bored with Stanley.
MRS JOHNSON: The Hotelier. Efficient, pleasant and homely. 40 - 50.
PATSY: Livia's friend, insincere and pretentious, quite jealous of Livia.
ASHLEY: Patsy's friend, Livia's lover, attractive, debonair and reckless, everything that Stanley isn't.
DOROTHY: a friendly, gushing lady 50 - 60, ingratiating and trying to please.
VIOLET: Dorothy's friend or partner, hostile and suspicious of others, inclined to be pompous. 50 -60.
WALLACE: Retired teacher, unassuming and pleasant, the unexpected guest. 60s.