Michael Redgrave

as Narrator (voice)

Myra Hess

as Self (Pianist)

John Gielgud

as Hamlet

Frederick Allen

as Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)

Bill

as Self - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)

Elizabeth Jenkins

as Self - Tim's Mother (uncredited)

Elvin Jenkins

as Self - Tim's Father (uncredited)

Timothy James Jenkins

as Self - Tim (uncredited)