Original Cast
| Role | Description | Dancer |
|---|---|---|
| Ondine | A water nymph | Margot Fonteyn |
| Palemon | Michael Somes | |
| Berta | Julia Farron | |
| Tirrenio | Lord of the Mediterranean Sea | Alexander Grant |
| Hermit | Leslie Edwards | |
| Ondines | Monica Mason, Brenda Taylor, Deirdre Dixon, Shirley Grahame, Georgina Gray, Margaret Wing, Christine Beckley, Doreen Eastlake, Jennifer Gay, Jacqueline Daryl, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Hylda Zinkin, Jennifer Layland, Patricia Thorogood, Audrey Henderson, Desmond Doyle, Ronald Hynd, Gary Burne, Christopher Newton, Ronald Plaisted, Petrus Bosman, Derek Rencher, Keith Rosson, Richard Farley | |
| The Hunt | Act I | Dorothea Zaymes, Hylda Zinkin, Robin Haig, Patricia Thorogood, Brenda Bolton, Julie Wood, Peter Clegg, Ray Powell, Stanley Holde, Douglas Steuart, John Sale, William Wilson |
| Wood Spites | Act I | Merle Park, Doreen Wells, Mavis Osborn, Judith Sinclair, Antoinette Sibley, Ann Howard, Derek Rencher, Richard Farley, Keith Rosson, Graham Usher, Maurice Metliss, Benjamin Stevens |
| People from the port | Act II | Dorothea Zaymes, Hylda Zinkin, Robin Haig, Patricia Thorogood, Brenda Bolton, Julie Wood, Romayne Austin, Sandra Vane, Jane Bartlett, Maurice Metliss, Stanley Holden, Terry Westmoreland, Douglas Hill, Lambert Cox, Kenneth Barlow |
| Sailors | Act II | Ronald Plaisted, Derek Rencher, Keith Rosson, Christopher Newton, Richard Farley, Petrus Bosman, Douglas Steuart, John Sale, Graham Usher, Benjamin Stevens, William Wilson, Robert de Warren |
| Grand Pas Classique | Act III | Rosemary Lindsay, Annette Page, Ronald Hynd, Desmond Doyle, Brenda Taylor, Christine Beckley, Doreen Eastlake, Margaret Wing, Jacqueline Daryl, Audrey Henderson, Dorothea Zaymes, Ann Howard, Clover Roope, Brenda Bolton, Robin Haig, Julie Wood, Ronald Plaisted, Derek Rencher, Petrus Bosman, Richard Farley, Keith Rosson, Christopher Newton |
| Divertissement | Act III | Maryon Lane, Merle Park, Doreen Wells, Brian Shaw, Peter Clegg, Pirmin Trecu, Shirley Grahame, Deirdre Dixon, Georgina Gray, Judith Sinclair, Antoinette Sibley, Mavis Osborn, William Wilson, Douglas Steuart, Benjamin Stevens, Graham Usher, Stanley Holden, John Sale |
| Wedding guests | Act III | Ann Kenward, Myrleen Hedley, Rosalind Eyre, Louanne Richards, Janet Varley, Jane Bartlett, Kenneth Barlow, Robert de Warren, Clive Hicks, Maurice Metliss, Jeffrey Phillips, Lambert Cox |
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Act III | Kenneth Barlow, Jeffrey Phillips, Clive Hicks, Douglas Hill, Arthur Sweet, Anthony Mangan, David Hughes, Alan Cooper, David Gordon, John Bodemeaid |
| Solo Pianist | Margaret Kitchin | |
| Children's roles | Students of Edith Cavell Secondary School |
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