- Writer:
- John Keir Cross
- Producer:
- Campbell Logan
- English words of folk song 'Treue Liebe' specially written by:
- Eric Crozier
- Costumes supervised by:
- Maureen Muggeridge
- Make-up supervised by:
- Rosemary Ross
- Designer:
- Daphne Shortman
- Music arranged by/Harpsichordist:
- Tom McCall
- Violinist:
- Raymond Keenlyside
- Viola da gamba player:
- Desmond Dupre
- Flautist:
- Harold Clarke
- Oboist:
- Edward Selwyn
- Songwriter:
- Eric Crozier
- Mr Ray:
- Christopher Steele
- John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich:
- George Curzon
- Old Joby:
- Dan Jackson
- Jenny Ray:
- Anna Barry
- Jack Townley:
- Christopher Gilmore
- Duke of Kingston:
- Ivan Samson
- Dick East court:
- John Gayford
- Bishop of Lincoln:
- Deering Wells
- Mrs Green, his wife:
- Anne Blake
- Harriet Green:
- Prunella Scales
- Major Robert Moss:
- Jack May
- James Boswell:
- Robert Urquhart
- Lady Talmage:
- Dorothy Black
- Signor Giardini:
- Austin Trevor
- Sir George Talmage:
- Kenneth Edwards
- Dr Samuel Johnson:
- Robert Atkins
- Sir Joshua Reynolds:
- Harold Scott
- Captain James Hackman:
- Patrick Troughton
- Voice of Judge Blackstone:
- Kenneth Edwards
- [Actor]:
- Timothy West
