Richard Pasco
— Dean
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
— Sarah
Dinah Stabb
— Julie
Nigel Hawthorne
— Graham
Edmond Bennett
— Harford
Ian Marter
— Literary Editor
Wendy Taylor
— Secretary
Frederick Peisley
— Hotel Porter
Julia McCarthy
— Receptionist
Patrick Stewart
— The Man
Iona Macrae
— The Man's Assistant
Marcia Warren
— Waitress
David Cook
— Wilf