Eileen Atkins as Judith Starkadder

Kate Beckinsale as Flora Poste

Sheila Burrell as Ada Doom

Stephen Fry as Mybug

Freddie Jones as Adam Lambsbreath

Joanna Lumley as Mary Smiling

Ian McKellen as Amos Starkadder

Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Beetle

Rufus Sewell as Seth Starkadder

Ivan Kaye as Reuben Starkadder

Jeremy Peters as Urk

Maria Miles as Elfine Starkadder

Christopher Bowen as Charles Fairford

Sophie Revell as Rennet

Rupert Penry-Jones as Dick Hawk-Monitor

Angela Thorne as Mrs. Hawk-Monitor

Basil Hoskins as Couturier

William Osborne as Coiffeur

Richard Bebb as Hawk-Monitor Butler

William Scott-Masson as Bikki

Robert James as Mr. McKnag

Pat Keen as Aunt Gwen

Harry Ditson as Earl P. Neck

Trevor Baxter as Sneller

Tim Myers as Mr. Hawk-Monitor

Frederick Jaeger as Doctor Adolph Müdel