Janette – I can’t remember how I chose it, but I had a dear friend Jane at the time I penned the play. She must have been on my mind.

Queen Beatrice – She’s the queen bee. She began as Bernice, but that quickly changed. Recall the rhyme-ability requirement.

Orth – Back in my school days, there was this boy with the surname Orth. I’m not saying I named the jailer after him, but when I needed a name that rhymed with forth, his name popped into my head.

Princesses Winnicott and Hunnicutt – Well, sisters’ names should sound like they came from the same parents, right? The number of syllables matches; the two-syllable nicknames match; the final consonants match, but the differing final vowel gives them a little individuality. Maybe Hunnicutt was from M*A*S*H.

Princess Pennyweight – I have no idea, but the name does rather fit in with Winnicott and Hunnicutt. The name reminds me of Miss Moneypenny from James Bond.

Princess Mary Grace – Do you imagine she’s graceful? Religious? Prim? Sweet?

King Kirk – No doubt I was influenced by Captain Kirk.

Then there’s Cambria itself. I borrowed it from “The Ash Grove,” a song I learned in childhood. According to https://ingeb.org/songs/allhailt.html, it’s a Welsh song that was written by John Jones (1810-1870), but I didn’t know any of that. I just liked the world it described. The version I learned is missing four lines and goes like this: