by Edward and Theodosia Thompson

Characters in the order of their speaking:
Chronicler
Ann of Denmark, King James's Queen
Katherine Carew; Eleanor Howard .. Ladies-in-Waiting
Anne Clifford
Henry, Prince of Wales
James I, King of Britain
Sir Ralph Winwood, Secretary of State
Lord Carew, Member of the Privy Council
'Steenie', George, Lord Villiers (afterwards Duke of Buckingham, King James' favourite)
Lord Fenton, Captain of the King's Guard
Diego Sarmiento De Acuna, Ambassador of Spain
Sir Walter Raleigh
Earl of Arundel
Earl of Pembroke
Physician
Captain Sir William St. Leger
Captain Lawrence Kemys
Captain North
Francis Bacon
George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Digby
The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Henry Montagu
Lady Raleigh
An Officer

The scenes are in London, at Plymouth, at the mouth of the Orinoco, and back in London