•
Lynn Fontanne as
Elizabeth •
Alfred Lunt as
Lord Essex • Mab Anthony as
Mary •
Morris Carnovsky as
Francis Bacon •
Percy Waram as Sir
Walter Raleigh •
Robert Conness as
Lord Burghley •
Arthur Hughes as
Sir Robert Cecil •
Whitford Kane as
Burbage •
Phoebe Brand as Ellen •
Louise Huntington as a
Lady-in-waiting • Annabelle Williams as a Lady-in-waiting • Royal Beal as Marvel •
Barry Macollum as the fool • Philip Foster as Captain Armin • Edla Frankau as Tressa • Anita Kerry as Penelope Gray • Edward Oldfield as a captain of the guards • Curtis Arnall as Poins, and as a courtier, a guard and a man-at-arms • Charles Brokaw as a courier and as Heming • Robert Caille as a courtier • John Ellsworth as a man-at-arms •
Vincent Sherman as a herald Multiple roles as Courtiers, Guards, Men-at-arms: • Michael Borodin • James A. Boshell • Thomas Eyre • George Fleming • Perry King • Henry Lase • Guy Moore • Stanley Ruth • Nick Wiger • James Wiley ==References==