Belegauered press officer for
Inevitably nicknamed ‘Hype-along’.
C
HLOE
C
ATFORD
Mellifluous mezzo soprano, and compilation queen. Sings Princess Eboli in
Significant Other Woman in several marriages.
G
IUSEPPE
C
AVALLI
Capricious Italian bass, the ghost of the Emperor Charles V in
The inamorato of Granville Hastings, he sings like an angel and drinks like a fish.
L
ADY
C
HISLEDON
A pillar of Paradise.
C
LIVE
Rannaldini’s sinister leatherclad henchman.
M
ISS
C
RICKLADE
Paradise village busybody.
H
OWIE
D
ENSTON
Artist’s agent and ghastly creep who runs London office of Shepherd Denston, toughest music agents in New York.
D
IZZY
Rupert Campbell-Black’s comely head groom.
D
ETECTIVE
S
ERGEANT
K
EVIN
F
ANSHAWE
Rutminster CID smoothie and new-style catcher of villains.
F
LORENCE
Hortense de Montigny’s ancient retainer.
C
HRISTY
F
OXE
Indefatigable PA during recording of
.
D
ETECTIVE
S
ERGEANT
T
IMOTHY
G
ABLECROSS
Old-style catcher of villains.
B
ERNARD
G
UERIN
Battle-scarred veteran. First assistant director,
, Tristan de Montigny’s
hand man, who acts as sergeant major keeping order on the set.
D
AME
H
ERMIONE
H
AREFIELD
World-famous diva and Rannaldini’s mistress. Seriously tiresome, brings out Crippen in all.
B
OB
H
AREFIELD
Her charming, mostly absentee husband, longterm lover of Meredith Whalen.
L
ITTLE
C
OSMO
H
AREFIELD
Hermione’s fiendish nine-year-old son. Could give lessons to Damien in
.
E
ULALIA
