- Unknown:
- Lyndon Brook
- Production By:
- Archie Campbell
- Herald:
- Manning Wilson
- Robert Carr, the King's favourite:
- John Neville
- Thomas Overbury his friend and mentor:
- Robert Cartland
- Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton:
- Martin Lewis
- Thomas Howard. Earl of Suffolk , nephew to Northampton:
- George Hagan
- Frances Countess of Essex, daughter to Suffolk.:
- Adrienne Corri
- Henry, Prince of Wales:
- Jeremy Burnham
- Sir Ralph Winwood, one of the King's counsellors:
- Olaf Pooley
- King James I of England and VI of Scotland:
- James McKechnie
- Sir Thomas Lake, another counsellor:
- Edgar Norfolk
- Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex:
- Gordon Davies
- Mistress Anne Turner, a dressmaker confidante to Lady Essex.:
- Noel Hood
- Catherine, waiting-woman to Lady Essex.:
- Cecile Chevreau
- George Villiers, the new favourite:
- Peter Bartlett
