Joseph Fiennes

Will Shakespeare

Gwyneth Paltrow

Viola De Lesseps

Geoffrey Rush

Philip Henslowe

Tom Wilkinson

Hugh Fennyman

Judi Dench

Queen Elizabeth

Imelda Staunton

Nurse

Colin Firth

Lord Wessex

Ben Affleck

Ned Alleyn

Simon Callow

Tilney

Steven Beard

Makepeace

Jim Carter

Ralph Bashford

Rupert Everett

Christopher Marlowe

Martin Clunes

Richard Burbage

Tim McMullan

Frees

Joe Roberts

John Webster

Antony Sher

Dr. Moth

Georgie Glen

Lady in Waiting

Nicholas Boulton

Henry Condell

Barnaby Kay

Nol

Mark Williams

Wabash

Jill Baker

Lady De Lesseps

Nicholas Le Prevost

Sir Robert De Lesseps

Rebecca Charles

Chambermaid

Bob Barrett

George Bryan

Simon Day

Taxi boatman

Bridget McConnell

Lady in Waiting

Sandra Reinton

Rosaline

Jason Round

Tavern Actor

Rupert Farley

Barman

Adam Barker

First Auditionee

Harry Gostelow

Second Auditionee

Alan Cody

Third Auditionee

David Curtiz

John Hemmings

Gregor Truter

James Hemmings

Amber Glossop

Scullery Maid

Robin Davies

Master Plum

Hywel Simons

Servant

Roger Morlidge

James Armitage

Daniel Brocklebank

Sam Gosse

Mark Saban

Augustine Phillips

Timothy Kightley

Edward Pope

Roger Frost

Second Taxi Boatman

Rachel Clarke

First Whore

Lucy Speed

Second Whore

John Ramm

Makepeace's Neighbour

Paul Bigley

Peter

Patrick Barlow

Will Kempe

Steven O'Donnell

Lambert

John Inman

Lady Capulet in Play