- Author:
- Karel Capek
- Translated by:
- Paul Selver
- Freely adapted for the English stage by:
- Nigel Playfair
- Freely adapted for the English stage by:
- Clifford Bax
- Music:
- Frederic Austin
- Choreography:
- Andree Howard
- Costumes:
- Hugh Stevenson
- Settings:
- Malcolm Baker-Smith
- Musicians:
- The BBC Television Orchestra
- Orchestra leader:
- Boris Pecker
- Orchestra conductor:
- Hyam Greenbaum
- Production:
- Stephen Thomas
- The Lepidopterist:
- Wilfred Grantham
- The Tramp:
- Edmund Willard
- The Chrysalis:
- Pamela Standish
- Mr. Beetle:
- Frank Birch
- Mrs. Beetle:
- Maire O'Neill
- Robber Beetle:
- Charles Peters
- The Ichneumon Fly:
- Rupert Bruce Lockhart
- The Larva:
- Sheila Kay
- Mr. Cricket:
- Leslie French
- Mrs. Cricket:
- Wendy Toye
- The Parasite:
- Geoffrey Wincott
- The Blind Ant Timekeeper:
- Wilfred Franks
- Chief Engineer:
- George Haves
- Second Engineer:
- John Boxer
- Messenger:
- Douglas Allen
- Inventor:
- Rupert Bruce Lockhart
- Signal Officer:
- Bruce Adams
- Journalist:
- Charles Peters
- Philanthropist:
- Maire O'Neill
- Commander of the Yellows:
- Frank Birch
- First Snail:
- Wilfred Grantham
- Second Snail:
- Leslie French
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Charlotte Bidmead
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Celia Franks
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Ann Gee
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Elizabeth Hamilton
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Mary Hatton
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Anthony Kelly
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Hugh Laing
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Belinda Smith
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Therese Langfield
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Alec Raysman
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Susan Reeves
- The Butterflies and Moths:
- Brenda Seth
