S01E05
11 Jul 197860 minRebellion's Masterpiece
Life of Shakespeare – Season 1
In the wake of Essex's failure to tame the Irish rebels, the actors' brush with politics has catastrophic consequences.
Cast
Tim Curry
William Shakespeare
Ian McShane
Christopher Marlowe
Meg Wynn Owen
Anne Shakespeare
Julian Curry
Sir Robert Cecil
Nicholas Clay
The Earl of Southampton
Darien Angadi
Robert Armin
Ron Cook
Jack Rice
Keith Baxter
The Earl of Essex
Paul Freeman
Dick Burbage
Jeffery Dench
Lord Keeper Egerton
John Normington
Alex Cooke
Roger Lloyd Pack
Jack Heminge
Derek Royle
William Kempe
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