Kenneth Branagh

William Shakespeare

Judi Dench

Anne Shakespeare

Ian McKellen

Earl of Southampton

Kathryn Wilder

Judith Shakespeare

Lydia Wilson

Susanna Hall

Hadley Fraser

John Hall

Jack Colgrave Hirst

Tom Quiney

John Dagleish

Rafe Smith

Sean Foley

John Lane

Gerard Horan

Ben Jonson

Jimmy Yuill

Edward Woolmer

Alex Macqueen

Sir Thomas Lucy

Eleanor de Rohan

Margaret Wheeler

Nonso Anozie

Actor

Lolita Chakrabarti

Lena

Darryl Clark

Mr. Wheeler

Doug Colling

Douglas

Clara Duczmal

Elizabeth Hall

Phil Dunster

Harry

Freya Durkan

Young Judith Shakespeare

Sam Ellis

Hamnet Shakespeare

Matt Jessup

Frank

Harry Lister Smith

Jack Cade

Hamish McColl

Judge

Sabi Perez

Maria

Michael Rouse

Francis Collins

Penny Ryder

Mrs. Wheeler

Kate Tydman

Lady Thomas Lucy

Ian Hearnshaw

Townsman

Oliver Simms

Wedding Guest (uncredited)