- Author:
- Anton Chekhov
- Version by:
- John Gielgud
- Adapted for television by:
- Norman James
- Theatre Design:
- Abdelkader Farrah
- Music arranged by:
- Brian Priestman
- Theatre Production:
- Michel Saint-Denis
- Directed for television by:
- Michael Elliott
- Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin, a merchant:
- George Murcell
- Dunyasha, the maid:
- Patsy Byrne
- Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov, a clerk:
- Patrick Wymark
- Firs, a manservant:
- Roy Dotrice
- Mme. Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevsky, a landowner:
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Anya, her daughter:
- Judi Dench
- Varya her adopted daughter:
- Dorothy Tutin
- Leonid Andreyevich Gaev, Mme Ranevsky's brother:
- John Gielgud
- Simyon Pishchik, a landowner:
- Paul Hardwick
- Charlotta Ivanovna, a governess:
- Patience Collier
- Yasha, a manservant:
- David Buck
- Piotr Sergeyevich Trofimov, a student:
- Ian Holm
- Passer-by:
- Gordon Gostelow
- Coachman:
- Russell Hunter
- Coachman:
- Peter Holmes
- Gardener:
- Julian Battersby
- Stable boy:
- Michael Warchus
- Stationmaster:
- William Wallis
- His wife:
- Narissa Knights
- Government official:
- Michael Murray
- Schoolmaster:
- Ronald Scott-Dodd
- His wife:
- Rosemary Mussell
- Post office clerk:
- Gareth Morgan
- Peasant:
- Cherry Morris
- Peasant:
- Georgina Ward
- Peasant:
- Sebastian Breaks
