- Author:
- Christopher Marlowe
- Adapted for radio by/Producer:
- John Powell
- Music composed by:
- David Cain
- Music and sound score in collaboration with:
- The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Singer:
- James Bowman (counter-tenor)
- Singer:
- Martyn Hill (tenor)
- Instrumentalists - recorders and crumhorn:
- David Munrow
- Instrumentalists - harpsichord and organ:
- Christopher Hogwood
- Instrumentalists - bass viol and bass crumhorn:
- Oliver Brookes
- Instrumentalists - percussion:
- Steve Whittaker
- Instrumentalists - cornet:
- Michael Laird
- Instrumentalists - sackbut:
- Roger Brenner
- The:
- Prologue -
- The Ghost of Machiavel:
- Charles Gray
- The:
- Play -
- Barabas, the Jew of Malta:
- Robert Eddison
- A Spanish Captain:
- Peter Pratt
- A Sea Captain:
- Peter Baldwin
- Two Jews - Zaareth:
- Clifford Norgate
- Two Jews - Temainte:
- Sean Barrett
- A Herald:
- John Rye
- Ferneze:
- Charles Gray
- Selim Calymath:
- Christopher Guinee
- A Councillor:
- Godfrey Kenton
- A Knight:
- Sean Arnold
- Abigail:
- Kate Binchy
- Two Friars - Jacomo:
- Peter Pratt
- Two Friars - Barnardine:
- Heron Carvic
- An Abbess:
- Madi Hedd
- Mathias:
- Keith Buckley
- Lodowick:
- Peter Baldwin
- Martin del Bosco:
- John Rye
- A Spanish Merchant:
- Clifford Norgate
- A Slave:
- Sean Arnold
- Ithamore:
- Christopher Bidmead
- Katherine:
- Margot Boyd
- Callapine:
- Sean Barrett
- Bellamira:
- Prunella Scales
- Pilia-Borza:
- David March
- Carpenter:
- Clifford Norgate
- Carpenter:
- Sean Barrett
