[2] The cast featured Robert Wilks as Sir George Trueman, Anne Oldfield as Lady Trueman, Benjamin Johnson as Vellum, Colley Cibber as Tinsel, John Mills as Fantome, William Penkethman as Butler, Joe Miller as Coachman, Henry Norris as Gardiner and Margaret Saunders as Abigail.
[3] It was partly inspired by the story of Drummer of Tedworth, but rewritten in a more contemporary context and made supportive of the recent Hanoverian Succession.
Lady Truman is apparently widowed when she receives word that her husband Sir George has been killed in battle during the recent war.
As she is now the wealthy owner of an estate she is pursued by two suitors, but concerningly the house is disturbed at night by repeated sounds of ghostly drumming.
After the drumming has scared off the two suitors Mr. Tinsel and Mr. Fantome it is revealed to be the work of Sir George, still very much alive.