Posner

Posner is a Jewish boy and the youngest student in his sixth-form class. He is gay and has a crush on Dakin. He drops out of Cambridge . He is also the only one of Hector’s students who truly remembers everything Hector ever taught him.

Dakin

Dakin is the most confident and handsome boy in his class. Posner is known to have a crush on him, but Dakin does not return his affections. Dakin has an affair with Fiona ( the Headmaster’s secretary). He also manages to seduce Irwin.  He later works as a ‘tax lawyer, telling highly paid fibs and making frequent trips to the Gulf States’

Timms

Timms is the class clown. After graduating, he goes on to own a chain of dry-cleaners and abuse recreational drugs on the weekends.

Crowther

Crowther has clear acting skills and ability. He becomes a magistrate.

Rudge

Rudge comes from a working-class background and isn’t one of the smartest in his class his teachers expect him to get into Oxbridge. To their surprise he does, however he chooses to become a builder who makes homes that are affordable for first-time buyers.

Lockwood

Lockwood is an argumentative student who eventually becomes a magistrate.

Akthar

Akthar is a Muslim student of unspecified South Asian descent. He eventually becomes a headmaster.

Fiona

The is the Headmaster’s secretary with whom Dakin has an affair. She is mentioned but never appears on stage.