Overview
What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.
Cast
- Mathew Baynton as William 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official
- Simon Farnaby as Earl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller
- Martha Howe-Douglas as Anne Hathaway / Molly / Spanish Courtier / Body Collector
- Jim Howick as Christopher Marlowe / Gabriel Montoya / Cynical Jester / Palace Doorman / Mysterious Man / Even Grubbier Thief / Party Planner
- Laurence Rickard as Sir Francis Walsingham / Lope Lopez / Stand-Up Jester / Chatty Guard / Slightly Late Courtier / Ian / Hanging Criminal / Chicken Drumstick
- Ben Willbond as King Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards
- Helen McCrory as Queen Elizabeth I
- Damian Lewis as Sir Richard Hawkins
- Justin Edwards as Sir Francis Drake
- Rufus Jones as Sir Walter Raleigh