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 + 