- Play By:
- Lytton Strachey
- Broadcasting By:
- Harold Bowen
- Production By:
- Mary Hope Allen
- A servant in the Imperial Palace:
- Anthony Jacobs
- Li, chief eunuch to the Empress:
- Richard Goolden
- Wang Fu, a Mandarin:
- John Turnbull
- Leaders of the Boxers::
- Prince Tuan Alastair Duncan
- Duke Lan:
- John Witty
- Jung Lu, commander-in-chief in Pekin:
- Ian Hunter
- The Empress Dowager:
- Gladys Young
- Lady Ling:
- Clarissa Colworth
- The Emperor of China:
- Peter Coke
- Ta-He lady-in-waiting:
- Peggy Bryan
- Kang, a reformer:
- Hector Ross
- Li Hung Chang commanding the Southern Army:
- John Garside
