- Words:
- William Plomer
- Music:
- Benjamin Britten
- Instrumentalist:
- Richard Adeney
- Instrumentalist:
- Neill Sanders
- Instrumentalist:
- Roger Brenner
- Instrumentalist:
- Cecil Aronowitz
- Instrumentalist:
- Keith Marjoram
- Instrumentalist:
- Osian Ellis
- Instrumentalist:
- James Blades
- Instrumentalist:
- Philip Ledger
- Music under the direction of:
- Benjamin Britten
- Assisted by:
- Viola Tunnard
- Producery:
- Colin Graham
- A:
- company of monks and acolytes who perform the parable -
- The Astrologer (The Abbot):
- Bryan Drake (bass)
- The Herald and leader of the Courtiers:
- Peter Leeming (baritone)
- Nebuchadnezzar:
- Kenneth MacDonald (tenor)
- Ananias:
- John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
- Azarias:
- Victor Godfrey (baritone)
- Hisael:
- Robert Tear (tenor)
- Assistants, including entertainers and pages (trebles):
- Stephen Borton
- Assistants, including entertainers and pages (trebles):
- Paul Copcutt
- Assistants, including entertainers and pages (trebles):
- Paul Davies
- Assistants, including entertainers and pages (trebles):
- Richard Jones
- An angel:
- Philip Wait (treble)
- Chorus of Courtiers:
- Graham Allun
- Chorus of Courtiers:
- Peter Lehmann Bedford
- Chorus of Courtiers:
- Carl Duggan
- Chorus of Courtiers:
- John Harrod
- Chorus of Courtiers:
- William McKinney
- Chorus of Courtiers:
- Malcolm Rivers
- Chorus of Courtiers:
- Jacob Witkin
