Will Shakespeare
Joseph Fiennes
Viola De Lesseps
Gwyneth Paltrow
Ralph Bashford
Jim Carter
Christopher Marlowe
Rupert Everett
Richard Burbage
Martin Clunes
Frees
Tim McMullan
John Webster
Joe Roberts
Dr. Moth
Antony Sher
Lady in Waiting
Georgie Glen
Henry Condell
Nicholas Boulton
Nol
Barnaby Kay
Wabash
Mark Williams
Philip Henslowe
Geoffrey Rush
Lady De Lesseps
Jill Baker
Sir Robert De Lesseps
Nicholas Le Prevost
Chambermaid
Rebecca Charles
George Bryan
Bob Barrett
Taxi boatman
Simon Day
Bridget McConnell
Rosaline
Sandra Reinton
Tavern Actor
Jason Round
Barman
Rupert Farley
First Auditionee
Adam Barker
Hugh Fennyman
Tom Wilkinson
Second Auditionee
Harry Gostelow
Third Auditionee
Alan Cody
John Hemmings
David Curtiz
James Hemmings
Gregor Truter
Scullery Maid
Amber Glossop
Master Plum
Robin Davies
Servant
Hywel Simons
James Armitage
Roger Morlidge
Sam Gosse
Daniel Brocklebank
Augustine Phillips
Mark Saban
Queen Elizabeth
Judi Dench
Edward Pope
Timothy Kightley
Second Taxi Boatman
Roger Frost
First Whore
Rachel Clarke
Second Whore
Lucy Speed
Makepeace's Neighbour
John Ramm
Peter
Paul Bigley
Will Kempe
Patrick Barlow
Lambert
Steven O'Donnell
Lady Capulet in Play
John Inman
Nurse
Imelda Staunton
Lord Wessex
Colin Firth
Ned Alleyn
Ben Affleck
Tilney
Simon Callow
Makepeace
Steven Beard
Director
John Madden
Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Production Design
Martin Childs
Set Decoration
Jill Quertier
Screenplay
Tom Stoppard
Edward Zwick
Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein
Original Music Composer
Stephen Warbeck
Julie Goldstein
Line Producer
Mark Cooper
Director of Photography
Richard Greatrex
David Parfitt
Costume Design
Sandy Powell
Marc Norman
Donna Gigliotti
Casting
Michelle Guish
Art Direction
Steven Lawrence
Editor
David Gamble
Sculptor
Rachael Jones
Sound
John Downer
Carpenter
Stuart Williams
Associate Producer
Linda Bruce
Makeup Artist
Julie Dartnell
Hairstylist
Tina Earnshaw
Karen Ferguson
Deborah Jarvis
Lisa Westcott
Foley Artist
Jenny Lee Wright
Wardrobe Assistant
Dan Grace
Camera Operator
Tim Wooster