Mollie Ralston - Female; Age 20s to early 30s. New owner/hostess of Monkswell

Manor; anxious about hosting the inn's first guests; married to Giles

for one year.

Giles Ralston - Male; Age 20s to early 30s. Owns Monkswell Manor with his wife

Mollie; somewhat arrogant and jealous of the other guests' attentions

toward Mollie.

Christopher Wren - Male; Age 20s to 30s. The first guest to arrive at the hotel, Wren is ahyperactive young man who acts in a very peculiar manner. Wren

claims to have been named after the architect of the same name by his

parents.

Mrs. Boyle - Female; Age 40s to 60s. Mrs. Boyle is an imposing woman in a bad

temper; she complains about everything. She is disapproving of every

effort that Mollie and Giles produce to make her comfortable.

Major Metcalf - Male; Age 40s to 60s. Major Metcalf is middle-aged, squareshouldered, military in manner and bearing. He is friendly and very polite, and serves as a good counter to Mrs. Boyle during the play’s first act.

Miss Casewell - Female; Age 20s to 30s. A strange, aloof, somewhat masculine woman who speaks offhandedly about the horrific experiences of her childhood.

Mr. Paravicini - Male; Age 30s to 50s. A man of unknown provenance who turns up claiming his car has overturned in a snowdrift. He appears to be affecting a foreign accent and artificially aged with make-up.

Sgt. Trotter - Male; Age late 20s to early 40s. Detective Sergeant Trotter is a

cheerful, common-place man who arrives at the guest house on skis to

investigate a local murder.

Radio Announcer - Voice only; reads BBC News reports on local murder.