About
London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna get surprised to hear he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.
Rating and Reviews
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6/10
Peter McGinn
I must admit, this movie sneaked up on me. It starts out slow, and in fact establishes a fairly low key pace through the film. But there are passionate outbursts and exciting reveals. I almost feel so... read more
about 5 years ago
Stephen Campbell
**_A strangely formless and insubstantial love-letter to Shakespeare_** > _There is an vpstart Crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his_ Tygers hart wrapt in a Players hyde_, supposes he i... read more
almost 6 years ago
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Cast
Kenneth Branagh
William Shakespeare
Judi Dench
Anne Shakespeare
Ian McKellen
Earl of Southampton
Kathryn Wilder
Judith Shakespeare
Lydia Wilson
Susanna Hall
Hadley Fraser
John Hall
Jack Colgrave Hirst
Tom Quiney
John Dagleish
Rafe Smith
Sean Foley
John Lane
Gerard Horan
Ben Jonson
Jimmy Yuill
Edward Woolmer
Alex Macqueen
Sir Thomas Lucy
Eleanor de Rohan
Margaret Wheeler
Nonso Anozie
Actor
Lolita Chakrabarti
Lena
Darryl Clark
Mr. Wheeler
Doug Colling
Douglas
Clara Duczmal
Elizabeth Hall
Phil Dunster
Harry
Freya Durkan
Young Judith Shakespeare
Sam Ellis
Hamnet Shakespeare
Matt Jessup
Frank
Harry Lister Smith
Jack Cade
Hamish McColl
Judge
Sabi Perez
Maria
Michael Rouse
Francis Collins
Penny Ryder
Mrs. Wheeler
Kate Tydman
Lady Thomas Lucy
Ian Hearnshaw
Townsman
Director
Kenneth Branagh
Director
Martin Curry
First Assistant Director
Anna Brabbins
Second Assistant Director
Annie Penn
Script Supervisor
Creator
Ben Elton
Screenplay
