On screen
Cast
30 credited performers
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
Artwork unavailable
Eleanor de Rohan
Margaret Wheeler
Nonso Anozie
Actor
Lolita Chakrabarti
Lena
Darryl Clark
Mr. Wheeler
Artwork unavailable
Doug Colling
Douglas
Artwork unavailable
Clara Duczmal
Elizabeth Hall
Phil Dunster
Harry
Artwork unavailable
Freya Durkan
Young Judith Shakespeare
Artwork unavailable
Sam Ellis
Hamnet Shakespeare
Artwork unavailable
Matt Jessup
Frank
Harry Lister Smith
Jack Cade
Hamish McColl
Judge
Artwork unavailable
Sabi Perez
Maria
Michael Rouse
Francis Collins
Penny Ryder
Mrs. Wheeler
Kate Tydman
Lady Thomas Lucy
Artwork unavailable
Ian Hearnshaw
Townsman
Artwork unavailable
Oliver Simms
Wedding Guest (uncredited)