Plot
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.
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
Crew
Kenneth Branagh
Director
Zac Nicholson
Director of Photography
Ben Elton
Screenplay
Patrick Doyle
Original Music Composer
Ted Gagliano
Producer
Kenneth Branagh
Producer
Tamar Thomas
Producer
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