- Writer:
- William Shakespeare
- Sound Score By:
- Malcolm Clarke
- Producer:
- John Tydeman
- Barnardo, an officer:
- Patrick Tull
- Francisco, a soldier:
- Nigel Graham
- Horatio, friend of Hamlet:
- Martin Jarvis
- Marcellus, an officer:
- Michael Kilgarriff
- Claudius, King of Denmark:
- Robert Lang
- Ghost of Hamlet's father:
- Rolf Lefebvre
- Voltimand:
- David Valla
- Cornelius:
- Ronald Herdman
- Laertes, Polonius's son:
- David Spenser
- Polonius the Lord Chamberlain:
- William Squire
- Hamlet, son of the late King and nephew to the present King:
- Ronald Pickup
- Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, Hamlet's mother:
- Maxine Audley
- Ophelia, Polonius's daughter:
- Angela Pleasence
- Rosencrantz:
- Michael Spice
- Guildenstern:
- Leslie Heritage
- Reynaldo, Polonius's servant:
- Gil Sutherland
- First Player (Player King):
- Aubrey Woods
- Prologue (A Player):
- Gil Sutherland
- Player Queen:
- David Valla
- Lucianus (A Player):
- Ronald Herdman
- Fortinbras, Prince of Norway:
- Sean Barrett
- A Captain:
- Nigel Graham
- A Gentleman:
- Gil Sutherland
- A Servant:
- Ronald Herdman
- A Sailor:
- David Valla
- First Gravedigger:
- Aubrey Woods
- Second Gravedigger:
- Ronald Herdman
- A Priest:
- Rolf Lefebvre
- Osric a courtier:
- John Rye
- A Lord:
- Nigel Graham
- An Ambassador from England:
- Patrick Tull
- Musicians (Ligeti):
- South-West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor (Ligeti):
- Ernest Bour
