Strong Poison, by Dorothy L. Sayers, adapted for the stage by Cari Flynn
Lord Peter Wimsey – protagonist, nobleman and amateur detective
Harriet Vane – protagonist, author of detective fiction
Philip Boyes – Harriet's former lover, now deceased
Norman Urquhart – Solicitor and Boyes' cousin
Charles Parker – police detective; dating Wimsey's sister
Miss Katharine Climpson – spinster and enquiry agent on Wimsey's behalf
Miss Murchison – typist and employee of Miss Climpson
Lady Mary Wimsey – Peter's younger sister, dating Parker
Bunter – Lord Peter Wimsey's butler and former batman in the trenches in WWI
Freddy Arbuthnot – Lord Peter's friend and a financial whiz
Judge – an old man so old, he seems to have outlived time and change and death
Rev. Arthur Boyes – Phillip Boyes' father
Nurse – a grey-haired, elderly woman
Hannah Westlock – Mr. Urquhart's parlourmaid, in her thirties, and “not ill-favoured”
Mrs. Pettican – Mr. Urquhart's cook, “a fine woman; on the mature side”
Ryland Vaughan – friend of the deceased, Phillip Boyes
Mrs. Bulfinch – bartendress
Sylvia Marriott – friend of Harriet Vane
Eiluned Price – friend of Harriet Vane
Dowager Duchess – Lord Peter's Mother
Sir Impey Biggs – barrister/lawyer for the defence
Clerk – clerk at Mr. Uquhart's office
Foreman – member of the jury
Duke – Lord Peter's father
Characters without lines:
10 Jury members
Attorney-General
Female Wardress
Bailiff
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