- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Music/conductor:
- John Hotchkis
- Music played by:
- A section of the English Chamber Orchestra
- Technical Direction:
- Mary Leftwich
- Producer:
- John Richmond
- Earl of Kent:
- Howard Marion-Crawford
- Earl of Gloucester:
- Mark Dignam
- Edmund, bastard son to Gloucester:
- Derek Godfrey
- Lear, King of Britain:
- John Gielgud
- Daughter to Lear - Goneril:
- Barbara Jefford
- Daughter to Lear - Regan:
- Barbara Bolton
- Daughter to Lear - Cordelia:
- Virginia McKenna
- Duke of Burgundy:
- Rolf Lefebvre
- King of France:
- John Justin
- Edgar, son to Gloucester:
- Philip Guard
- Oswald, steward to Goneril:
- John Bryning
- Knight:
- Alexander John
- Fool:
- Timothy Bateson
- Duke of Albany:
- Michael Goodliffe
- Gentleman:
- Peter Ducrow
- Curan:
- Geoffrey Wincott
- Duke of Cornwall:
- Roger Delgado
- First Servant:
- Humphrey Morton
- Second Servant:
- David Brierley
- Third Servant:
- Geoffrey Wincott
- Old Man, tenant to Gloucester:
- Haydn Jones
- Messenger:
- Alan Reid
- Doctor:
- Duncan McIntyre
- Captain:
- Antony Viccars
- Herald:
- Christopher Bidmead
