Overview
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 as William Shakespeare
- Judi Dench as Anne Shakespeare
- Ian McKellen as Earl of Southampton
- Kathryn Wilder as Judith Shakespeare
- Lydia Wilson as Susanna Hall
- Hadley Fraser as John Hall
- Jack Colgrave Hirst as Tom Quiney
- John Dagleish as Rafe Smith
- Sean Foley as John Lane
- Gerard Horan as Ben Jonson