Dramatis Personae
Pamphilius, the King’s Private Secretary
Sempronius, the King’s Private Secretary
Bill Boanerges, President of the Board of Trade
King Magnus
Alice, the Princess Royal
Joe Proteus, the Prime Minister
Nicobar, the Foreign Secretary
Crassus, the Colonial Secretary
Pliny, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Balbus, the Home Secretary
Amanda Postlethwaite, the Postmistress General
Lysistrata, the Powermistress General
Orinthia, the King’s mistress
Queen Jemima
Vanhattan, the American ambassador