Principal Roles and Original Cast
The following were in the original cast:
- O Mimosa San, Chief geisha (soprano) – Marie Tempest
- Lady Constance Wynne, An English visitor (contralto) – Maud Hobson
- Molly Seamore, A guest of Lady Constance (mezzo-soprano) – Letty Lind
- Katana, Captain of the guard (tenor) – William Philp
- Reginald Fairfax, Of the Royal Navy (baritone) – Hayden Coffin
- Dick Cunningham (tenor) – W. Louis Bradfield
- Captain Wun-Hi, A Chinaman, proprietor of the Tea House (baritone) – Huntley Wright
- Marquis Imari Chief of Police and Governor of the Province (baritone) – Harry Monkhouse (later replaced by Rutland Barrington)
- Lieutenant Arthur Cuddy (tenor) – Leedham Bantock
- Juliette Diamant, A French girl, interpreter at the Tea House (soprano) – Juliette Nesville
- English ladies, guests of Lady Constance: Misses Marie Worthington, Ethel Hurst, Mabel Grant and Louie Plumpton – Blanche Massey, Hetty Hamer, Alice Davis and Margaret Fraser
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