- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Music arranged and conducted by:
- John Hollingsworth
- Soloist:
- Eileen Poulter
- Soloist:
- Mary Thomas
- Singers:
- The Ambrosian Singers
- Musicians:
- Sinfonia of London
- Producer:
- Val Gielgud
- Theseus, Duke of Athens:
- Malcolm Keen
- Egeus, father of Hermia:
- Earle Grey
- Lysander, both in love with Hermia:
- Michael Deacon
- Demetrius, both in love with Hermia:
- Timothy West
- Philostrate, Master of the Revels to Theseus:
- Eric Anderson
- Quince, a carpenter:
- Carleton Hobbs
- Snug, a joiner:
- George Merritt
- Bottom, a weaver:
- Norman Shelley
- Flute, a bellows-mender:
- Norman Claridge
- Snout, a tinker:
- Peter Pratt
- Starveling, a tailor:
- Frank Partington
- Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus:
- Janet Burnell
- Hermia, daughter of Egeus, in love with Lysander:
- Jennifer Wright
- Helena, in love with Demetrius:
- Gudrun Ure
- Oberon, King of the Fairies:
- Gabriel Woolf
- Titania, Queen of the Fairies:
- Virginia Maskell
- Puck:
- Frank Duncan
- First Fairy:
- Elizabeth Morgan
- Fairies - Peaseblossom:
- Jo Manning Wilson
- Fairies - Cobweb:
- Valerie Kirkbright
- Fairies - Mustardseed:
- Petronella Barker