- Unknown:
- William Shakespeare
- Unknown:
- Wilfrid Grantham
- Production By:
- George Devine
- Composed By:
- John Gardner
- Conductor:
- Harold Ingram
- Conductor:
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Earl of Kent:
- Harry Andrews
- Earl of Gloucester:
- Noel Howlett
- Edmund, his bastard son:
- Robert Shaw
- Lear, King of Britain:
- Michael Redgrave
- Gonent, eldest daughter to Lear:
- Joan Sanderson
- Cordelia, youngest daughter to Lear:
- Yvonne Mitchell
- Regan, second daughter to Lear:
- Rachel Kempson
- Duke of Albany, husband to Goneril:
- Michael Warre
- Duke of Cornwall, husband to Regan:
- Powys Thomas
- Duke of Burgundy, suitor to Cordelia:
- David King
- King of France, suitor to Cordelia:
- Michael Hryes
- Edgar, son to Gloucester:
- Basil Hoskins
- Oswald, steward to Goneril:
- William Peacock
- Knights attending on Lear:
- Bernard Kay
- Knights attending on Lear:
- Philip Morant
- Fool:
- Leo McKern
- Curan:
- Jerome Willis
- Servants to Cornwall:
- Mervyn Blake
- Servants to Cornwall:
- James Wellman
- Servants to Cornwall:
- Peter Duguid
- An Old Man, tenant to Gloucester:
- Donald Bocles
- A Doctor:
- Michael Turner
- An Officer, in Cordelia's army:
- John Glendenning
- A Gentleman, attending on Cordelia:
- Peter Johnson
- A Captain, in Edmund's army:
- Alan Towmend
- A Herald:
- Jerome Willis
- An Officer, in Albany's army:
- George Hart
- An Officer, in Edmund's army:
- Oharles Gray
