约翰·赫特

John Hurt

饰：narrator, also as Himself

Simon Kinder

饰：Himself, interviewee, history teacher, Greshams School

Sue Phipps

饰：Herself, interviewee, Benjamin Britten`s agent

Raphael Wallfisch

饰：Himself, interviewee, also performer - cellist

Iain Burnside

饰：Himself, interviewee, also performer - pianist

埃里克斯·劳瑟

Alex Lawther

饰：Benjamin Britten

Madeleine Brally

饰：Matron

Christopher Theobald

饰：Donald Maclean

Paul Hands

饰：George Hawson

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

饰：Self - interviewee

Mykola Allen

Mykola Allen

饰：Oliver Berthoud

Jeremy Lloyd

饰：David Layton

Alastair Boag

饰：Walter Greatorex

Christopher Scoular

Christopher Scoular

饰：Bishop of Norwich

John Gillett

John Gillett

饰：Brian Simon

Joseph Horovitz

Joseph Horovitz

饰：Self - interviewee, Royal College of Music

布拉德利·哈尔

Bradley Hall

饰：Peter Floud

Jake Mann

Jake Mann

饰：James Klugmann

Jack Gillett

Jack Gillett

饰：Brian Simon

Jake Arditti

饰：Performer - counter tenor