- Author:
- Jacinto Benavente
- Translated from the Spanish by:
- John Garrett Underhill
- Adapted for broadcasting by:
- Derek Patmore
- Adapted for broadcasting by:
- Helena Wood
- Production:
- Archie Campbell
- The Lector:
- Derek Hart
- Imperia a courtesan:
- Mary Ellis
- Leonardo, a sculptor:
- Leon Quartermaine
- Countess Rinaldi, his confidante:
- Joan Sanderson
- Princess Etelvina:
- Dorothy Black
- Prince Florencio, her son:
- John Fabian
- Harry Lucenti, his friend:
- Kenneth Hyde
- Prince Michael Alexander, uncle to Florencio:
- Donald Gray
- Members of a dance troupe - Donina:
- Sulwen Morgan
- Members of a dance troupe - Rosina:
- Sarah Leigh
- Members of a dance troupe - Pepita:
- Audrey Mendes
- Friends of Donina - Nunu:
- Robert Rietty
- Friends of Donina - Tommy:
- James Beattie
- The Signore:
- Aubrey Dexter
- Mr Jacob, proprietor of a music-hall and circus:
- Leonard Sachs
- Majesta, an old woman:
- Lola Duncan
- Ruhu Sahib, a trainer of elephants:
- Malcolm Hayes
- Other parts played by:
- Aubrey Richards
- Other parts played by:
- Frank Coburn
