- Author:
- Anton Chekhov
- Translated by:
- Dmitri Makaroff
- Adapter:
- John Elliot
- Producer:
- Cedric Messina
- Director:
- Christopher Morahan
- Mikhail Platonov, a schoolmaster:
- Rex Harrison
- Sasha, his wife:
- Patsy Byrne
- Anna Voinitseva, a widow:
- Sian Phillips
- Nicolai Triletski, Sasha's brother:
- Clive Refill
- Count Glagolyev, Anna's suitor:
- Donald Eccles
- Sergei Voinitsev, Anna's stepson:
- Geoffrey Bayldon
- Bugrov, a merchant:
- Willoughby Goddard
- Yakov, a servant:
- Trevor Kent
- Katya, a maid:
- Stacey Tendeter
- Col Triletski, Sasha's father:
- John Gill
- Vengerovich, a rich Jew:
- Kevin Stoney
- Sofia, Voinitsev's wife:
- Joanna Dunham
- Maria Grekova, a student of chemistry:
- Bridget Armstrong
- Osip, a bandit:
- Neil McCarthy
- Kiril, Glagolyev's son:
- Peter Eyre
- Marko, a messenger:
- Joe Gladwin