- Unknown:
- August Strindberg
- Adapted By:
- Michael Meyer
- Directed By:
- Martin Jenkins
- Olof:
- Miles Anderson
- his mother:
- Dilys Hamlett
- Lars, his brother:
- Anthony Jackson
- Gert:
- Alfred Burke
- Kristina, his daughter:
- Kathryn Hurlbutt
- Bishop Brask:
- Cyril Luckham
- King Gustav Vasa:
- Geoffrey Collins
- Brother Martin:
- Jim Norton
- Vilhelm:
- David Lonsdale
- Peter/Anabaptist:
- Mark Straker
- First citizen:
- Brian Smith
- Woman/Abbess:
- Tessa Worsley
- Bishop's secretary:
- Trevor Nichols
- Bishop Mans:
- Manning Wilson
- Nils:
- Tony Robinson
- Svensson:
- John Hollis
- Whore:
- Helena Breck
- Verger:
- Alan Thompson
- Verger's wife:
- Anne Jameson
- Nobleman:
- John Webb
- Earl Marshall:
- Bernard Brown
- Second citizen:
- Colin Starkey