S
IMONE DE
M
ONTIGNY
Étienne’s granddaughter and Alexandre’s daughter. In charge of continuity,
Don Carlos
.
T
RISTAN DE
M
ONTIGNY
Étienne’s youngest son and Rannaldini’s godson. Director,
Don Carlos
.
D
ETECTIVE
C
ONSTABLE
K
AREN
N
EEDHAM
The belle of the Bill.
O
GBORNE
Chief grip,
Don Carlos
.
L
ORD
(D
ECLAN
) O’H
ARA OF
P
ENSCOMBE
Recently ennobled television megastar, managing director of Venturer Television and Rupert Campbell-Black’s father-in-law.
V
IKING
O’N
EILL
Golden boy and first horn of Rutminster Symphony Orchestra.
O
SCAR
Deceptively indolent director of photography,
Don Carlos
.
F
RANCO
P
ALMIERI
Vast and vastly famous Italian tenor, playing the title role in
Don Carlos
.
M
IKHAIL
P
EZCHEROV
Lovable but rather base baritone, playing the Marquis of Posa in
Don Carlos
L
ARA
P
EZCHEROV
Mikhail’s adored wife.
D
ETECTIVE
C
HIEF
I
NSPECTOR
G
ERALD
P
ORTLAND
Admin king and limelight hogger, Rutminster CID.
R
OZZY
P
RINGLE
Exquisite-voiced soprano playing Tebaldo the page in
Don Carlos
Worn down by overwork and importunate family.
G
LYN
P
RINGLE
Rozzy’s husband — an accomplished drone.
P
USHY
G
ALORE
An ambitious and irritatingly good-looking member of the
Don Carlos
chorus. Real name Gloria Prescott.
C
ECILIA
R
ANNALDINI
Italian soprano and world-famous diva. Rannaldini’s feisty second wife.
S
IR
R
OBERTO
R
ANNALDINI
Mega maestro and archfiend, with musical directorships in Berlin, New York and Tokyo. Co-producing
Don Carlos
.
L
ADY
(H
ELEN
) R
ANNALDINI
Rannaldini’s fourth wife and Rupert Campbell-Black’s first wife, devoted mother of Marcus and less so of Tabitha. A legendary American beauty.
W
OLFGANG
R
ANNALDINI
Rannaldini’s son from his first marriage. Little Hitler exterior hides heart of gold. Former boyfriend of Flora Seymour.
S
ALLY
Another of Rannaldini’s pretty maids.
F
LORA
S
EYMOUR
Soprano and viola player and former wild child, traumatized by teenage affaire with Rannaldini, now living with George Hungerford.
A
LPHEUS
P. S
HAW
World-famous American bass, singing Philip II in
Don Carlos
Splendidlooking, but pompous sexual predator.
C
HERYL
S
HAW
Alpheus’s justifiably jealous wife. Great tree and social climber.
D
ETECTIVE
C
ONSTABLE
S
MITHSON
A very PC DC.
B
ABY
S
PINOSISSIMO
Dazzling Australian tenor and sexual buccaneer of the modern school.
C
HIEF
C
ONSTABLE
S
WALLOW
A Rutshire god, and friend of Lady Rannaldini and Dame Hermione.
S
YLVESTRE
Sound engineer,
Don Carlos
Man of few words but countless deeds.
S
YLVIA
Glyn Pringle’s housekeeper.
V
ALENTIN
Charismatic camera operator,
Don Carlos
Oscar’s son-in-law.
L
ADY
G
RISELDA
W
ALLACE
Wardrobe mistress,
Don Carlos
Nervous-breakdown van always on call during production.
S
ERENA
W
ESTWOOD
Record producer of
Don Carlos
Cool, competent beauty.
J
ESSIE
W
ESTWOOD
Serena’s four-year-old daughter.
M
EREDITH
W
HALEN
Set designer,
Don Carlos
Highly expensive interior designer. Known as the Ideal Homo, because he’s so much in demand as spare man at dinner parties.
THE ANIMALS
T
HE
E
NGINEER
Tabitha Campbell-Black’s event horse.
G
ERTRUDE
Taggie Campbell-Black’s mongrel.
J
AMES
Lucy Latimer’s rescued lurcher.
P
EPPY
K
OALA
An Australian wonder horse.
T
HE
P
RINCE OF
D
ARKNESS
Rannaldini’s vicious and generally victorious National Hunt horse.
S
ARASTRO
Rannaldini’s cat.
S
HARON
Tabitha Campbell-Black’s yellow Labrador, later has walk-on part as the Grand Inquisitor’s guide dog.
T
ABLOID
Rannaldini’s Rottweiler.
T
REVOR
Flora Seymour’s rescued terrier.
DON CARLOS
THE INITIAL CAST OF THE FILM
P
HILIP
II, K
ING OF
S
PAIN
Alpheus P. Shaw
D
ON
C
ARLOS
, I
NFANTE OF
S
PAIN
‘Fat Franco’ Palmieri
E
LIZABETH DE
V
ALOIS
, P
RINCESS OF
F
RANCE
Hermione Harefield
T
EBALDO
, E
LIZABETH
’S P
AGE
Rozzy Pringle
P
RINCESS
E
BOLI
, A S
PANISH LADY-IN-WAITING
Chloe Catford
R
ODRIGO
, M
ARQUIS OF
P
OSA
F
RIEND OF
D
ON
C
ARLOS
To be filled
T
HE
G
RAND
I
NQUISITOR
Granville ‘Granny’ Hastings
T
HE GHOST OF THE
E
MPEROR
C
HARLES
V
Giuseppe Cavalli
C
OUNT
L
ERMA
,
THE
S
PANISH
A
MBASSADOR TO
F
RANCE
Colin Milton
MAP
OVERTURE 1977
Many men hated Roberto Rannaldini. Many women, after loving him passionately, hated him even more. To be regarded at twenty-eight as the most exciting conductor since the war had necessitated brutal trampling on the way up. But at least Rannaldini could count on the unqualified love of his ten-year-old godson, Tristan de Montigny. To Tristan, the dashing maestro, with his suave, catlike smile, his deep, caressing voice, and his recklessly fast cars, was the most glamorous person in the world.