chorus. Real name Gloria Prescott.

C

ECILIA

R

ANNALDINI

Italian soprano and world-famous diva. Rannaldini’s feisty second wife.

S

IR

R

OBERTO

R

ANNALDINI

Mega maestro and archfiend, with musical directorships in Berlin, New York and Tokyo. Co-producing

Don Carlos

.

L

ADY

(H

ELEN

) R

ANNALDINI

Rannaldini’s fourth wife and Rupert Campbell-Black’s first wife, devoted mother of Marcus and less so of Tabitha. A legendary American beauty.

W

OLFGANG

R

ANNALDINI

Rannaldini’s son from his first marriage. Little Hitler exterior hides heart of gold. Former boyfriend of Flora Seymour.

S

ALLY

Another of Rannaldini’s pretty maids.

F

LORA

S

EYMOUR

Soprano and viola player and former wild child, traumatized by teenage affaire with Rannaldini, now living with George Hungerford.

A

LPHEUS

P. S

HAW

World-famous American bass, singing Philip II in

Don Carlos

Splendidlooking, but pompous sexual predator.

C

HERYL

S

HAW

Alpheus’s justifiably jealous wife. Great tree and social climber.

D

ETECTIVE

C

ONSTABLE

S

MITHSON

A very PC DC.

B

ABY

S

PINOSISSIMO

Dazzling Australian tenor and sexual buccaneer of the modern school.

C

HIEF

C

ONSTABLE

S

WALLOW

A Rutshire god, and friend of Lady Rannaldini and Dame Hermione.

S

YLVESTRE

Sound engineer,

Don Carlos

Man of few words but countless deeds.

S

YLVIA

Glyn Pringle’s housekeeper.

V

ALENTIN

Charismatic camera operator,

Don Carlos

Oscar’s son-in-law.

L

ADY

G

RISELDA

W

ALLACE

Wardrobe mistress,

Don Carlos

Nervous-breakdown van always on call during production.

S

ERENA

W

ESTWOOD

Record producer of

Don Carlos

Cool, competent beauty.

J

ESSIE

W

ESTWOOD

Serena’s four-year-old daughter.

M

EREDITH

W

HALEN

Set designer,

Don Carlos

Highly expensive interior designer. Known as the Ideal Homo, because he’s so much in demand as spare man at dinner parties.


THE ANIMALS

T

HE

E

NGINEER

Tabitha Campbell-Black’s event horse.

G

ERTRUDE

Taggie Campbell-Black’s mongrel.

J

AMES

Lucy Latimer’s rescued lurcher.

P

EPPY

K

OALA

An Australian wonder horse.

T

HE

P

RINCE OF

D

ARKNESS

Rannaldini’s vicious and generally victorious National Hunt horse.

S

ARASTRO

Rannaldini’s cat.

S

HARON

Tabitha Campbell-Black’s yellow Labrador, later has walk-on part as the Grand Inquisitor’s guide dog.

T

ABLOID

Rannaldini’s Rottweiler.

T

REVOR

Flora Seymour’s rescued terrier.


DON CARLOS

THE INITIAL CAST OF THE FILM


P

HILIP

II, K

ING OF

S

PAIN

Alpheus P. Shaw

D

ON

C

ARLOS

, I

NFANTE OF

S

PAIN

‘Fat Franco’ Palmieri

E

LIZABETH DE

V

ALOIS

, P

RINCESS OF

F

RANCE

Hermione Harefield

T

EBALDO

, E

LIZABETH

’S P

AGE

Rozzy Pringle

P

RINCESS

E

BOLI

, A S

PANISH LADY-IN-WAITING

Chloe Catford

R

ODRIGO

, M

ARQUIS OF

P

OSA

F

RIEND OF

D

ON

C

ARLOS

To be filled

T

HE

G

RAND

I

NQUISITOR

Granville ‘Granny’ Hastings

T

HE GHOST OF THE

E

MPEROR

C

HARLES

V

Giuseppe Cavalli

C

OUNT

L

ERMA

,

THE

S

PANISH

A

MBASSADOR TO

F

RANCE

Colin Milton


MAP



OVERTURE 1977