Roles and Original Cast
- Arrostino Annegato, Captain of the Tamorras – a Secret Society (baritone) – Frank Wyatt
- Giorgio Raviolo, a Member of his Band (baritone) – Arthur Playfair
- Luigi Spaghetti, a Member of his Band (baritone) – Charles Gilbert
- Alfredo, a Young Peasant, loved by Ultrice, but in love with Teresa (tenor) – J. Robertson
- Pietro, Proprietor of a Troupe of Mountebanks (comic baritone) – Lionel Brough (later Cairns James)
- Bartolo, his Clown (baritone) – Harry Monkhouse
- Elvino di Pasta, an Innkeeper (bass-baritone) – Furneaux Cook
- Risotto, one of the Tamorras – just married to Minestra (tenor) – Cecil Burt
- Beppo - A member of the Mountebanks' crew (speaking) – Gilbert Porteous
- Teresa, a Village Beauty, loved by Alfredo, and in love with herself (soprano) – Geraldine Ulmar
- Ultrice, Elvino's niece, in love with, and detested by, Alfredo (contralto) – Lucille Saunders
- Nita, a Dancing Girl (mezzo-soprano or soprano) – Aida Jenoure
- Minestra, Risotto's Bride (mezzo-soprano) – Eva Moore
- Tamorras, Monks, Village Girls.
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