- Writer:
- Bertolt Brecht
- Producer/English version by:
- Geoffrey Dunn
- Composer:
- Paul Desau
- Singers:
- BBC Chorus
- Chorus-master:
- Leslie Woodgate
- Musicians:
- Section of London Symphony Orchestra
- Orchestra Leader:
- Thomas Matthews
- Conductor:
- Hermann Scherchen
- Lucullus, the Roman General (tenor):
- Frank Sale
- The Figures on the Frieze - The King (bass):
- George Delderfield
- The Figures on the Frieze - The Queen (soprano):
- Gwen Catley
- The Figures on the Frieze - Two Children:
- Alice Fleming
- The Figures on the Frieze - Two Children:
- Isabell Sage
- The Figures on the Frieze - Two Soldiers (bass):
- George Stearn Scott
- The Figures on the Frieze - Two Soldiers (bass):
- Frederick Masters
- The Figures on the Frieze - Lasus, Lucullus' cook (tenor):
- Jan van der Gucht
- The Man with a Cherry-Tree (tenor):
- Lloyd Strauss-Smith
- The Jury of the Dead - The Fishwife (contralto):
- Mary Jarred
- The Jury of the Dead - The Prostitute (mezzo-soprano):
- Gwladys Garside
- The Jury of the Dead - The Teacher (tenor):
- Andrew Macpherson
- The Jury of the Dead - The Baker (tenor):
- William McAlpine
- The Jury of the Dead - The Peasant (bass):
- Ian Wallace Tertullia, an old woman (mezzo-soprano): Gladys Parr
- Two Shadows (baritone):
- Emrys Lloyd
- Two Shadows (baritone):
- Ronald Evans
- The Judge of the Dead (high bass):
- Arnold Matters
- Voices of three ushers (soprano):
- Ruth Packer
- Voices of three ushers (soprano):
- Eugenie Castle
- Voices of three ushers (soprano):
- Gwen Catley
- The Spokesman (spoken part):
- Michael Gwynn
- The Narrator (mezzo-soprano):
- Flora Nielsen
- Three women's voices (soprano):
- Ruth Packer
- Three women's voices (soprano):
- Eugenie Castle
- Three women's voices (soprano):
- Gwen Catley
- Centurion:
- Jan van der Gucht
- Centurion:
- Lloyd Strauss-Smith
- Centurion:
- Emrys Lloyd
- Centurion:
- Ronald Evans
- Centurion:
- George Delderfield
- A Teacher (tenor):
- Andrew Macpherson
- Herald (spoken part):
- Arnold Diamond
- Herald (spoken part):
- David Peel
- Herald (spoken part):
- Ivan Samson
- [Actor]:
- Arthur Bush
- [Actor]:
- Richard George
- [Actor]:
- Richard Williams
- [Actress]:
- Vivienne Chatterson
- [Actress]:
- Denise Bryer
- [Actor]:
- John Rutland
