Michael Hordern
— King Lear
Brenda Blethyn
— Cordelia
Gillian Barge
— Goneril
Penelope Wilton
— Regan
John Shrapnel
— Earl of Kent
Norman Rodway
— Earl of Gloucester
Michael Kitchen
— Edmund
John Bird
— Duke of Albany
Julian Curry
— Duke of Cornwall
David Weston
— Duke of Burgundy
Harry Waters
— King of France
Anton Lesser
— Edgar
John Grillo
— Oswald
Iain Armstrong
— First Gentleman
Frank Middlemass
— Fool
Ken Stott
— Curan
Stuart Blake
— First Servant
Tony Sympson
— Second Servant
Peter Walmsley
— Third Servant
George Howe
— Doctor
John Dallimore
— Second Gentleman
Tim Brown
— Captain
Adam Kurakin
— Herald
Fraser Wilson
— Third Gentleman
Richard Albrecht
— Officer