Colin Firth

Lord Wessex

Rupert Everett

Christopher Marlowe

Geoffrey Rush

Philip Henslowe

Imelda Staunton

Nurse

Simon Callow

Tilney

Joseph Fiennes

Will Shakespeare

Judi Dench

Queen Elizabeth

Bob Weinstein

Executive Producer

Ben Affleck

Ned Alleyn

Jim Carter

Ralph Bashford

Mark Williams

Wabash

Tom Wilkinson

Hugh Fennyman

Tim McMullan

Frees

Gwyneth Paltrow

Viola De Lesseps

Antony Sher

Dr. Moth

Georgie Glen

Lady in Waiting

John Madden

Director

Steven Beard

Makepeace

Martin Clunes

Richard Burbage

Joe Roberts

John Webster

Nicholas Boulton

Henry Condell

Barnaby Kay

Nol

Jill Baker

Lady De Lesseps

Nicholas Le Prevost

Sir Robert De Lesseps

Rebecca Charles

Chambermaid

Bob Barrett

George Bryan

Julie Goldstein

Executive Producer

Marc Norman

Writer

Tom Stoppard

Writer