Orange or Lemon? - The Cast

The list shows the main characters involved in the goings on in Scotland in 1689. Numbers shown thus [1] indicate the priority for casting if there are insufficient players for all roles to be filled for that player group.

A minimum of four players are required. Preferably the uncommitted players should have at least two of the four positions in a minimum sized game. Both the Jacobite and Williamite factions should have the same number of players if possible.

• Dundee, Commander in Chief of the Army [1]
• Balcarres, King James's commissioner for civil affairs in Scotland [2]
• Melfort, Secretary of State (with King James), widely hated Roman Catholic, brother of Drummond of Perth (the imprisoned Chancellor)

• Hamilton, William's preferred candidate for High Commissioner. [1]
• Argyll¹⁾ [2]

• Atholl, King James's High Commissioner when the Convention last met in December 1688 [1]
• Gordon, Constable of Edinburgh Castle [2]
• Tweedale, a good friend of the Duke of Gordon and historically chosen as the interlocutor between the Convention and the Castle for this reason [3]