The piece starred Nellie Farren in the title role and also featured women as Ferdinando, Bertuccio and Albert, and Constance Loseby as Raimbault, totalling five actresses playing male roles,Cast list a practice that Gilbert would later disclaim. The piece also featured Emily Fowler as Alice,Adams, William Davenport. A Dictionary of the Drama, London: Chatto & Windus (1904) p. 545 and, in his stage debut, Richard Barker, later Richard D'Oyly Carte's long-serving stage manager.Stedman, p. 61 The principal dancer was Anna Bossi, from the Opera-house, St Petersburg, and the pantomimists (playing mysterious fiddlers who accompany Bertram) were John D'Auban (who was later Gilbert's choreographer) and John Warde (brother of Willie Warde), who had previously worked with Hollingshead at the Alhambra Theatre.
