Earl of Oxford

Rhys Ifans

Young Earl of Oxford

Jamie Campbell Bower

Princess Elizabeth Tudor

Joely Richardson

Queen Elizabeth I

Vanessa Redgrave

William Cecil

David Thewlis

William Shakespeare

Rafe Spall

Earl of Southampton

Xavier Samuel

Robert Cecil

Edward Hogg

Ben Jonson

Sebastian Armesto

Earl of Essex

Sebastian Reid

Christopher Marlowe

Trystan Gravelle

Earl of Essex

Sam Reid

Thomas Dekker

Robert Emms

Thomas Nashe

Tony Way

Francesco

Paolo De Vita

Prologue

Derek Jacobi

Captain Richard Pole

Julian Bleach

Spencer

Alex Hassell

Anne De Vere

Helen Baxendale

John Heminge

James Garnon

Condell

Mark Rylance

Pope

Jasper Britton

Michael Brown

Richard Burbage

Lloyd Hutchinson

Bridget De Vere

Paula Schramm

Interrogator

Ned Dennehy

Young Anne De Vere

Amy Kwolek

Boy Earl of Oxford

Luke Taylor

Philip Henslowe

John Keogh

Boy Robert Cecil

Isaiah Michalsky

Boy Earl of Southampton

Timo Huber

Bessie Vavasour

Vicky Krieps

Archbishop

Richard Durdan

Footman

Shaun Lawton

John De Vere

Detlef Bothe

King James l

James Clyde

Boy Earl of Oxford

Luke Thomas Taylor

Boy Robert Cecil

Isaiah Michalski

Cecil's Spy Servant

Christian Sengewald

Monsieur Beaulieu

Jean-Loup Fourure

Buxom Lady

Viktoria Gabrysch

Archbishop

Richard Durden

Essex General

Axel Sichrovsky

Lady-in-Waiting

Katrin Pollitt

Ladies-in-Waiting

Patricia Grove

Selling Maid

Laura Lo Zito

Groundling

Gode Benedix

Usher

Nic Romm

Bear Baiter

Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Buxom Lady

Victoria Gabrysch

Oxford's Servant

Patrick Diemling

Oxford's Doctor

Patrick Heyn

Stage Manager (New York)

Nino Sandow

Dwarf / Puck

Craig Salisbury

Quince

Rainer Guldener

Bottom

Trystan Wyn Pütter

Titania

André Kaczmarczyk

Child Oberon

Jonas Hämmerle

Child Titania

Leonard Kinzinger

Pole's Commander

Mike Maas

Lorraine Nicholson

Daniel Eric Gold

Callan McAuliffe

Clifton Collins Jr.

Vlada Verevko

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Christian Leonard

Aidan Besu

Rian Michelsen

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Christian Banzhaf

Kristian Truelsen

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Victoria Calero

Darryl Flatman

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Martin Engler

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Alfred Hartung

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Oliver Kube

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Oliver Rickenbacher

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Claudius von Stolzmann

Dancer

Alexander Flache

Dancer

Antonia Gerke

Dancer

Urban Luig

Dancer

Jasmin Mehling

Dancer

Erik Studte

Dancer

Johann Hakob Wurster

First Lady to King James I (uncredited)

Steffi Sattler