Cast
- Richard Briers as Henry Wakefield (Claudius, the Ghost, and the Player King)
- Hetta Charnley as Molly
- Joan Collins as Margaretta D'Arcy
- Nicholas Farrell as Tom Newman (Laertes, Fortinbras, and messengers)
- Mark Hadfield as Vernon Spatch (Polonius, Marcellus, and First Gravedigger)
- Gerard Horan as Carnforth Greville (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Horatio, and Barnardo)
- Celia Imrie as Fadge
- Michael Maloney as Joe Harper (Hamlet)
- Jennifer Saunders as Nancy Crawford
- Julia Sawalha as Nina Raymond (Ophelia)
- John Sessions as Terry Du Bois (Queen Gertrude)
- Ann Davies as Mrs. Branch
- James D. White as Tim
- Robert Hines as Mortimer
- Allie Byrne as Tap Dancer
- Adrian Scarborough as Young Actor
- Brian Pettifer as Ventriloquist
- Patrick Doyle as Scotsman
- Shaun Prendergast as Mule Train Man
- Carol Starks as Audience Member
- Edward Jewesbury as Nina's Father
- Katy Carmichael as Mad Puppet Woman (uncredited)
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