Originally produced at the Bijou Theatre, New York, January 21, 1901, with the following cast:—
| Richard Sterling | Mr. Frank Worthing | |
| Edward Warden | Mr. Robert Edeson | |
| Frederick Mason | Mr. John Flood | |
| Johnny Trotter | Mr. Ferdinand Gottschalk | |
| Dr. Steinart | Mr. George C. Boniface | |
| Godesby | Mr. J.B. Sturges | |
| Ryder | Mr. Kinard | |
| Servant at the Hermitage | Mr. Henry Warwick | |
| Jordan | Servants | Mr. Edward Moreland |
| Leonard | at the | Mr. Henry Stokes |
| A Footman | Hunters' | Mr. Frederick Wallace |
| Richard Sterling, Jr. | Master Harry Wright | |
| Mrs. Hunter | Mrs. Madge Carr Cook | |
| Mrs. Sterling (née Blanche Hunter) | Miss Amelia Bingham | |
| Jessica Hunter | Miss Maud Monroe | |
| Clara Hunter | Miss Minnie Dupree | |
| Miss Hunter | Miss Annie Irish | |
| Miss Godesby | Miss Clara Bloodgood | |
| Miss Sillerton | Miss Ysobel Haskins | |
| Tompson | Maids at | Miss Lillian Eldredge |
| Marie | the Hunters' | Miss Florence Lloyd |