| Ballet | 400th annivesary celebrations of William Shakespeare's birth |
| Set Design | Barry Kay |
| Costumes | Barry Kay |
| Choreography | Kenneth MacMillan |
| Scenario | Kenneth MacMillan |
| Music | Peter Tranchell |
| Plot | Shakespeare Sonnets; romantic tale of Knights and Saracens |
| World Première | 2 April 1964 |
| Company | The Royal Ballet |
| Venue | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
| Direction | Kenneth MacMillan |
| Conductor | John Lanchbery |
| Orchestra | Royal Opera House Orchestra |
| Lighting | William Bundy |
| Dancers | Rudolf Nureyev |
| Lynn Seymour |
| Christopher Gable |
| Swetlana Beriosova |
| Donald MacLeary |
| Nadia Nerina |
| Alexander Grant |
| Desmond Doyle |
| Keith Rosson |
| Derek Rencher |
| Georgina Parkinson |
| Deanne Bergsma |
| Monica Mason |
| Vergie Derman |
| Rosalind Eyres |
| Carole Needham |
| David Jones |
| Geoffrey Cauley |
| Paul Brown |
| Actor | Derek Godfrey; recorded narration |
