Nigel Williams (34)

Narrator/Interviewer (voice)

John Lahr (41)

Self - Biographer

Leonie Orton

Self - Sister

Douglas Orton

Self - Brother

Eleanor Salvoni

Self - Neighbour

Aldo Salvoni

Self - Neighbour

Richard O'Donoghue

Self - RADA Administrator

Margaret Whiting (49)

Self - Friend

Richard Braine (26)

Self - Publisher

Charles Monteith

Self - Publisher

Jim Connell

Self - Special Services Librarian, Islington

Sidney Porett

Self - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council

Margaret Ramsey

Self - Theatrical Agent

Kenneth Williams (56)

Self

Charles Marowitz

Self - First West End Director of Loot

Kenneth Cranham (37)

Self

Peter Willes (69)

Self - TV Producer of Orton's Plays

Paul Moriarty (36)

Truscott - Loot

Dinah Stabb

Fay - Loot

Paul Shearer

Hal - Loot

Nicholas Lyndhurst (21)

Dennis - Loot

Keith Marsh

McLeavy - Loot

Una Brandon-Jones (66)

Mother - Loot