1 | India | Hartley | A famous actress. Protagonist. |
| Madame | Louis | Owner of a hair salon. |
| Father | | India's father. Deceased. |
| Napoleon | Sarony | Owner of a New York studio. |
| Mary | Sarony | Mr. Sarony's sister. |
| Riley | Quinn | Assistant of the stage manager. |
| Arthur | Sterling | India's leading man. Deceased. |
| Jackson | Morgan | A local playwright. |
| Cornelius | Philbrick | The theatre manager. |
| Victoria | Bryson | India's understudy. |
| Fabienne | Ormond | India's dresser. |
| Celia | B. Mackay | A rich lady. One of India's admirers. |
| Lord | Byron | The Poet. |
2 | Mr. | Rusell | The court judge. |
| Philip | Sinclair | India's lawyer. |
3 | Captain | Mooreland | The boat captain. |
| Mr. | Browning | Sutton Mackay's father. |
| Amelia | Sinclair | Philip's sister. |
| Mrs. | Catchpole | Philip's housekeeper. |
4 | Timmons | Sinclair | Philip's grandmother. |
| Binah | Washington | Amelia's maid. |
| Almarene | Washington | Binah's mother. |
| Mr. | Dodge | Philip's friend. The lumber mill owner. |
6 | Hannah June | Washington | Binah's sister. |
| Lizzie | Garrison | The Sinclair's neighbor. |
| Mr. | Couper | Philip's friend. |
| Cuyler | Lockwood | The last overseer before the war. Philip's friend. |
7 | Anna | Hartley | India's aunt. |
| Mrs. | Keen | A woman who remodeled the chestnut theatre. |
| Mr. | Forrest | An actor. |
| Mr. | Page | The manager of the hotel where India lived. |
8 | Fan | Butler | Amelia's friend who owns the Butler's Island. |
| Fanny | Kemble | An Actress. |
| Reverend | Leigh | Fan's fiance. |
| Mrs. | King | Owner of the King's Retreat. Philip's neighbor. |
10 | Thomas | | Amelia's former lover. |
| Robert | Atwood | The long-time editor at The Anchorage Times. |
| Flora | | A negro girl. Friend of Binah. |
| Elizabeth | | Flora's friend. |
| Claire | | Flora's friend. Daughter of manager Mr. Dodge's lumber mill. |
| Susan | | Elizabeth's sister. |
| Margaret | | Flora's friend. |
11 | Louissa May | Alcott | The author of Little Women. |
| Mrs. | Taylor | One of the neighbors of the Sinclairs. |
| Jonas | Hornbuckle | The old neighbor of the Sinclairs. |
| John | Taylor | Mrs. Taylor's husband. |
12 | Mrs. | Wheeler | The Sinclairs's neighbor. |
13 | Mr. | Bartlett | One of the court judges. |
14 | Laura | Sinclair | Philip's wife. Deceased. |
15 | William | Brown | A negro playwright who wrote The Escape. |
| Mrs. | Boudreaux | Owner of New
Orleans boarding house. |
16 | German | Sherman | A general who served at Union Army during the Civil War. |
| Francesca | Mackay | Celia's daughter. Aka: Frannie. |
| Miss | Arnoult | Frannie's music teacher. |
| Lucinda | | Celia's maid. |
17 | Mr. | Mclendon | The Prosecutor. |
| Wakefield | Adams | The doctor who watched India's play. One of the witnesses. |
19 | Joshua | Culpepper | Philip's witness. An expert in weaponry. |
22 | Mrs. | Whipple | Frannie's maid. |
24 | Miss | Finlay | Frannie's tutor. |
| Maxwell | | Mrs. Mackay's dog. |
25 | Dr. | Robbins | Celia's doctor. |
| Alicia | Quarterman | Celia's friend. |
| Cornelia | Mackay | Celia's mother-in-law. |
| Wade | Bennett | Mrs. Bennett's husband. |
| Mr. | Kennedy | The co-owner of the theatre. |
| Mrs. | Cons | A friend of India's father. |
| Mrs. | Foyle | Alicia's dressmaker. |
27 | Louis | Bessette | A piano maker. |
| Mr. | Chickering | Amelia's friend. |
28 | Mr. | Terrell | An investor from New York. |
| Mr. | Burroughs | An Author who writes a book on bird watching. |
| Mrs. | Tipton | Philip's friend. |
| Mr. | Whistler | A painter. |
| Mrs. | Broomfield | Philip's firend. |
| Theodore | Thomas | The concert master. |
| Mr. | Zachary | The oldest member of delegation. |
32 | Hiram | Shackleford | Mr. Kennedy's partner. |
| Charlie | Stiles | Frannie's friend. |
| Bessie | Frost | Frannie's friend. |
| Mr. | Quarterman | Alicia's husband. |
| Lucius | Fall | Philip's old friend. |
33 | Mr. | Pinkerton | A police officer. |
| Kate | Warne | America's first female detective. |
| Jake | Caldwell | Owner of the ranch called Rocking C. |
| Wyatt | Caldwell | Jake's son. |
| Lilian | | Wyatt's aunt. |
34 | Alexander | Hatcher | Riley Quinn's assistant. |
| Miss | Sawyer | The seamstress. |