- Music:
- Arthur Bliss.
- Costumes and Decor:
- E. McKnight Kauffer
- Choreography:
- Ninette de Valois
- Musicians:
- The augmented BBC Television Orchestra
- Leader:
- Boris Pecker
- Conductor:
- Constant Lambert
- Presentation:
- D.H. Munro
- The Two Players:
- Joy Newton
- The Two Players:
- Frederick Ashton
- Red Pawn:
- Molly Brown
- Red Pawn:
- Guinevere Parry
- Red Pawn:
- Wenda Horsburgh
- Red Pawn:
- Elizabeth Kennedy
- Red Pawn:
- Patricia Garnett
- Red Pawn:
- Mavis Jackson
- Red Pawn:
- Jean Bedells
- Red Pawn:
- Margaret Dale
- First Red Knight:
- Harold Turner
- Second Red Knight:
- William Chappell
- Black Queen:
- June Brae
- Red Queen:
- Pamela May
- Black Knight:
- Richard Ellis
- Black Knight:
- Michael Somes
- Red King:
- Robert Helpmann
- Red Castle/Black Castle:
- Leslie Edwards
- Red Castle/Black Castle:
- John Nicholson
- Red Bishop:
- Paul Reymond
- Red Bishop:
- Stanley Hall
- Black Pawn:
- Jill Gregory
- Black Pawn:
- Julia Farron
- Black Pawn:
- Annabel Farjeon
- Black Pawn:
- Anne Spicer
- Black Pawn:
- Palma Nye
