Dramatis Personæ
| MEN. | |
| Sir Sampson Legend, father to Valentine and Ben, | Mr. Underhill. |
| Valentine, fallen under his father’s displeasure by his expensive way of living, in love with Angelica, | Mr. Betterton. |
| Scandal, his friend, a free speaker, | Mr. Smith. |
| Tattle, a half-witted beau, vain of his amours, yet valuing himself for secrecy, | Mr. Bowman. |
| Ben, Sir Sampson’s younger son, half home-bred and half sea-bred, designed to marry Miss Prue, | Mr. Dogget. |
| Foresight, an illiterate old fellow, peevish and positive, superstitious, and pretending to understand astrology, palmistry, physiognomy, omens, dreams, etc.; uncle to Angelica, | Mr. Sanford. |
| Jeremy, servant to Valentine, | Mr. Bowen. |
| Trapland, a scrivener, | Mr. Triffusis. |
| Buckram, a lawyer, | Mr. Freeman. |
| WOMEN. | |
| Angelica, niece to Foresight, of a considerable fortune in her own hands, | Mrs. Bracegirdle. |
| Mrs. Foresight, second wife to Foresight, | Mrs. Bowman. |
| Mrs. Frail, sister to Mrs. Foresight, a woman of the town, | Mrs. Barry. |
| Miss Prue, daughter to Foresight by a former wife, a silly, awkward country girl, | Mrs. Ayliff. |
| Nurse to Miss, | Mrs. Leigh. |
| Jenny, | Mrs. Lawson. |
A Steward, Officers, Sailors, and Several Servants.
The Scene in London.