- Unknown:
- William Shakespeare
- Producer:
- Cedric Messina
- Director:
- Jonathan Miller
- King Lear:
- Michael Hordern
- Goneril:
- Sarah Badel
- Cordelia:
- Angela Down
- Edmund:
- Michael Jayston
- the Fool:
- Frank Middlemass
- the Earl of Gloucester:
- Anthony Nicholls
- Edgar:
- Ronald Pickup
- Regan:
- Penelope Wilton
- Earl of Kent:
- Ewan Hooper
- Duke of Albany:
- Benjamin Whitrow
- Duke of Cornwall:
- John Shrapnel
- Oswald:
- Donald Gee
- Duke of Burgundy:
- David Horovitch
- King of France:
- David Neal
- First servant:
- Mike Hayward
- Second servant:
- Roger Elliott
- Third servant:
- Geoffrey Collins
- Old man:
- George Merritt
- Gentleman, attendant on Cordelia:
- David Kincaid
- Doctor:
- Leslie Glazer
- Captain:
- Paul Haley
- Herald:
- David Sinclair
- First officer:
- Alec Sabin
- Second officer:
- Terry Wright
