| 1 | Brother |
Juniper | Friar, investigating the victims' lives |
| 2 | Doña |
María | Noblewoman, mother of Clara. Aka:Marquesa de Montemayor |
| | Clara |
| Doña María's daughter |
| | De |
Blasiis | Clara's protégé, cartographer |
| | Vicente |
d'Aguirre | Doña María's son-in-law |
| | Pepita |
| Young girl Doña María borrowed from her orphanage |
| | Camila |
Perichole | Actress. |
| | Uncle |
Pio | Camila's all-around man and mentor |
| | Andrés |
de Ribera | The Viceroy of Peru |
| | Juan |
de Lara | Character in the play |
| | Rosa |
de las Rosas | Directress of the Convent of Santa María |
| | María del |
Pilar | Abbess of the Convent |
| 3 | Manuel |
| Esteban's twin, the Abbess's favorite orphan |
| | Esteban |
| The Abbess's favorite orphan |
| | The |
Archbishop | Archbishop of Lima |
| | Micaela |
Villegas | Perichole's real name |
| | Captain |
Alvarado | The Captain, traveler |
| 4 | Calderón |
| A poet |
| | Tirso |
de Molina | A playwright |
| | Ruiz |
de Alarcón | A playwright |
| | Princesse |
des Ursins | Princess interviewed by Uncle Pio |
| | Vico |
de Barrera | A well-known poet |
| | Don |
Jaime | Camila's son |
| | Estrella |
| The woman who approached Camila |
| 5 | Rubio |
| Doña María's cook |
| | Sister |
Juana | The convent's gardener in chief |
| | A. |
Nephew | The writer of the note at the end |