- Author:
- Sir Walter Scott
- Adapted by:
- Vincent Tilsley
- Producer:
- Chloe Gibson
- Designer:
- Fanny Taylor
- Edmund Tressilian:
- Paul Eddington
- An old man:
- Peter Bathurst
- Wayland Smith:
- Alan Edwards
- Dr. Doboobie:
- John Wood
- Richard Varney:
- Anthony Newlands
- Walter Raleigh:
- Stuart Hutchison
- Edmund Blount:
- Howard Lamb
- Thomas Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex:
- Manning Wilson
- His secretary:
- Edward Brooks
- Tracey:
- David Ritch
- Dr. Masters:
- Bernard Archard
- Bowyer, Usher of the Black Rod:
- James Roughead
- Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester:
- Robin Bailey
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England:
- Maxine Audley
- Amy Robsart:
- Ann Firbank
- Other parts played by:
- Owen Berry
- Other parts played by:
- Madge Brindley
- Other parts played by:
- Clive Goodwin
- Other parts played by:
- McArthur Gordon
- Other parts played by:
- Patricia Key
- Other parts played by:
- Raymond Lloyd
- Other parts played by:
- Derek Nimmo
- Other parts played by:
- James Page
- Other parts played by:
- Graham Roe
- Other parts played by:
- Lionel Wheeler