*The Royal Family
KING GEORGE III- King of Great Britain, and the stern, reprimanding father of the PRINCE OF WALES, along with twelve other children.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE- Devoted wife to KING GEORGE III and mother of thirteen children.
PRINCE OF WALES- The young, handsome, vain, arrogant, melodramatic, extravagant, fickle, debt-collecting heir to the throne.
FREDERICK, DUKE OF YORK- Favorite brother of the PRINCE OF WALES, and favorite son of KING GEORGE III.
PRINCESS ROYAL- Charlotte, the haughty eldest daughter.
PRINCESS AUGUSTA- The shy second daughter and considered the prettiest of the English princesses.
PRINCESS ELIZABETH- The third and favorite daughter of QUEEN CHARLOTTE.
PRINCE ERNEST- The fifth son.
PRINCE AUGUSTUS- The sixth son.
PRINCE ADOLPHUS- The seventh son.
PRINCESS MARY- The fourth daughter.
PRINCESS SOPHIA- The fifth daughter.
PRINCESS AMELIA- Youngest royal child and favorite daughter of KING GEORGE III.
*The third and fourth sons, Princes William and Edward, are not present because they are undergoing military training in Hanover during this time. Prince Frederick, Duke of York, does the same until halfway through Act II.
Servants and Other Acquaintances of the Royal Family
SIR GEORGE BAKER- KING GEORGE III's physician during his illness.
DR. WILLIAM HEBERDEN- KING GEORGE III's physician during his illness.
DR. RICHARD WARREN- The physician for the PRINCE OF WALES well as KING GEORGE III during the latter's illness.
DR. HENRY REYNOLDS- KING GEORGE III's physician during his illness.
SIR LUCAS PEPYS- KING GEORGE III's physician during his illness.
DR. ANTHONY ADDINGTON- PITT's and KING GEORGE III's physician during his illness.
FRANCIS WILLIS- The only physician convinced that KING GEORGE III could be cured.
HON. WILLIAM HARCOURT- KING GEORGE III's Groom of the Bedchamber.
COLONEL HON. ROBERT FULKE GREVILLE- KING GEORGE III's equerry.
COLONEL STEPHEN DIGBY- QUEEN CHARLOTTE's Vice-Chamberlain.
LADY PEMBROKE- One of QUEEN CHARLOTTE's Ladies of the bedchamber.
LADY HARCOURT- One of QUEEN CHARLOTTE's Ladies of the Bedchamber.
ROBERT D'ARCY, EARL OF HOLDERNESSE- The YOUNG PRINCE OF WALES' strict governor during his youth.
ALLAN RAMSAY: Shown painting a portrait of QUEEN CHARLOTTE.
The Whigs
CHARLES JAMES FOX- Leader of the opposition; hated by KING GEORGE III, but loved by the PRINCE OF WALES.
RICHARD BRINSLEY-SHERIDAN- A drinking, Irish playwright.
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The Drunken Feathers
Historical FictionIn this biographical series that begins in 1784, twenty-one-year-old George, Prince of Wales-- the eldest son of King George III and heir to the British throne-- spends his youth idly by keeping countless mistresses, drinking profusely, and making f...
