William Shakespeare

Kenneth Branagh

Anne Hathaway

Judi Dench

Susanna Hall

Lydia Wilson

Earl of Southampton

Ian McKellen

Judith Shakespeare

Kathryn Wilder

John Hall

Hadley Fraser

Tom Quiney

Jack Colgrave Hirst

Rafe Smith

John Dagleish

John Lane

Sean Foley

Ben Johnson

Gerard Horan

Hamnet Shakespeare

Sam Ellis

Vicar Edward Woolmer

Jimmy Yuill

Frank

Matt Jessup

Sir Thomas Lucy

Alex Macqueen

Margaret Wheeler

Eleanor DeRohan

Margaret Wheeler

Eleanor de Rohan

Shakespeare's Maid

Sabi Perez Maria

Actor Playing Aaron

Nonso Anozie

Stratford Landlady

Lolita Chakrabarti

Henry, the Student

Phil Dunster

Mr. Wheeler

Darryl Clark

Douglas

Doug Colling

Elizabeth Hall

Clara Duczmal

Mrs. Wheeler

Penny Ryder

Francis Collins

Michael Rouse

Young Judith Shakespeare

Freya Durkan

Jack Cade

Harry Lister Smith

Judge

Hamish McColl

Maria

Sabi Perez

Shakepeare's Servant

Doug Colling Douglas

Lady Thomas Lucy

Kate Tydman

Townsman

Ian Hearnshaw

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Simms