CharacterProfilePlayed by
Mr PickwickOur illustrious leader who can do no wrong (mostly). The chairman of The Pickwick Club who possesses a gigantic brain and is well-endowed (financially).Martin Maynard
Benjamin AllenA dissipated medical student. Brother to Arabella whom he would like to marry Bob Sawyer (another medic). Eventually leaves these shores to take up a surgical appointment with the East India Company in Bengal.Terry Hand
Capt BoldwigA ferocious country squire who has Mr Pickwick carried to the animal pound. He is a little man wearing a stiff black neckerchief and a blue surtout. He bursts with self-importance.Fred Brookes
DodsonOne of the unscrupulous law partners who undertake Mrs Bardell’s legal case against Mr Pickwick. Dodson is a plump, portly man with a loud voice and the dominant partner in the unholy alliance that is ‘Dodson & Fogg’.Bill Buckley
FoggOne of the unscrupulous law partners who undertake Mrs Bardell’s legal case against Mr Pickwick. An elderly, pimply-faced, vegetable-diet sort of man.Brian Pearson
Alfred JingleA rascal, a strolling player and a romantic adventurer who schemes for various mercenary marriages, which Mr Pickwick tries to thwart. He is brought low in the Fleet Prison and rehabilitated by Mr Pickwick.John Ennis
MivinsAka ‘The Zephyr’, Mivins is Smangle’s obnoxious, clowning companion incarcerated because ‘money seems to stick to him’.Brian Briggs
Tom RokerThe warder and supply man at Fleet Prison. He charges high rates for meagre lodgings and furniture.Martin Maynard
Dr SlammerAn army man who challenges Winkle to a duel at Rochester; he is irascible and has a taste for violence when frustrated.Richard Johnson
Rev StigginsAn avaricious, alcoholic and unsavoury evangelist who sponges off the Wellers.John Edwards
Job TrotterA cunning, emaciated actor whom Jingle employs as a servant. Trotter is a young fellow with a large, sallow and ugly face with sunken eyes. Resorts to tears without warning.Bruce Evans
Jem WardleA stout old gentleman and hospitable country squire at Dingley Dell. Fond of the Pickwickians, he entertains them on several occasions. Father to two pretty daughters, Isabella and Emily.Andy Scutt