Dudley - well-bred, charming, but of doubtful standards, 35
Claud - good-looking, precise, about 40
Ron - a press photographer, callow, gangling, young
Andrea - easy-going but quick tempered, 32
Mrs O'Connor - the housekeeper, prim bleak, middle aged
Briggs - a female reporter, eager
Gertrude - Andrea's Aunt, countrified, brisk, elderly