London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna get surprised to hear he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.
Kenneth Branagh
as William Shakespeare
Judi Dench
as Anne Shakespeare
Ian McKellen
as Earl of Southampton
Kathryn Wilder
as Judith Shakespeare
Lydia Wilson
as Susanna Hall
Hadley Fraser
as John Hall
Jack Colgrave Hirst
as Tom Quiney
John Dagleish
as Rafe Smith
Sean Foley
as John Lane
Gerard Horan
as Ben Jonson
Jimmy Yuill
as Edward Woolmer
Alex Macqueen
as Sir Thomas Lucy
