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Dramatis Personae
| David Simple, elder son and rightful heir of Daniel Simple, mercer of Ludgate Hill. | ||
| Daniel Simple, his wicked brother. | ||
| John and Peggy: | two servants suborned by Daniel to witness the forged will disinheriting his brother. | |
| Mr. Johnson, a jeweller. | ||
| His elder daughter, who marries a rich Jew. | ||
| Nancy, his second daughter, who jilts David and marries Mr. Nokes | ||
| Betty Trusty, her maid. | ||
| A Carpenter, who extols his ugly and lazy spouse as the best wife in the world. | ||
| Another man, with a patient and industrious wife, whom he abuses. | ||
| Mr. Orgueil, the censorious critic, who introduces David to the various sorts of life in London. | ||
| Mr. Spatter, who introduces David to the fashionable coteries, and pulls to pieces, ridicules and abuses all the people they meet with. | ||
| Mr. Varnish, who sings the praises of everybody, and has "the appearance of good-nature, but is not at all affected with the sufferings of others." | ||
| Lady———, Cynthia's tyrannical protectress. | ||
| Cynthia, an unfortunate young lady, loved by David. "After being hated by her family as a wit (she) is insulted as a fool by her patroness." | ||
| The Earl of———, Lady———'s nephew, who proposes to Cynthia. | ||
| Valentine, an unfortunate young man, befriended by David. | ||
| Camilla, his more unfortunate sister, whom David loves. | ||
| Mr.———, their father, deceived by Livia. | ||
| Livia, his second wife, whose beauty belies her odious disposition, and who drives Valentine and Camilla from their father's house by her remorseless persecution. | ||
| A Clergyman | Cynthia's fellow-travellers in the coach. | |
| An Atheist | ||
| A Butterfly, "as he had neither profession nor characters, I know not what other name to give him", | ||
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