Time: The Present.
Place: The Shires.
The action of the play takes place within twenty-four hours.
LONDON: HAYMARKET THEATRE
Lessee and Manager: Mr. H Beerbohm Tree
April 19th, 1893
| Lord Illingworth | Mr. Tree. |
| Sir John Pontefract | Mr. E. Holman Clark. |
| Lord Alfred Rufford | Mr. Ernest Lawford. |
| Mr. Kelvil, M.P. | Mr. Charles Allan. |
| The Ven. Archdeacon Daubeny, D.D. | Mr. Kemble. |
| Gerald Arbuthnot | Mr. Terry. |
| Farquhar (Butler) | Mr. Hay. |
| Francis (Footman) | Mr. Montague. |
| Lady Hunstanton | Miss Rose Leclercq. |
| Lady Caroline Pontefract | Miss Le Thière. |
| Lady Stutfield | Miss Blanche Horlock. |
| Mrs. Allonby | Mrs. Tree. |
| Miss Hester Worsley | Miss Julia Neilson. |
| Alice (Maid) | Miss Kelly. |
| Mrs. Arbuthnot | Mrs. Bernard-Beere. |
FIRST ACT
SCENE
Lawn in front of the terrace at Hunstanton.
[Sir John and Lady Caroline Pontefract, Miss Worsley, on chairs under large yew tree.]