The Cruel Necessity

Patrick Wymark

Oliver Cromwell

David William

King Charles I

Robin Wentworth

Bradshawe

Hilary Hardiman

Mrs Bradshawe

Noel Johnson

Sir Thomas Herbert

Julian Glover

Colonel Tomlinson

Patrick Garland

Henry Ireton

James Ottaway

Whalley

Joby Blanshard

Downes

John Barcroft

Marten

John Ringham

Ingoldsby

Timothy Palmer

Prince Henry

Maurice Colbourne

Bishop Juxon

Jerome Willis

The Lord General Fairfax

Alan Rowe

Solicitor-General Cook

Julian Battersby

Trooper

Ralph Broome

Trooper

John Murray Scott

A Crier

Peter Dews

Director, Producer

David Lytton

Writer