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Scores higher than 80% of the 4,411 2010s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic60/100
87 audience votes
Key crew
- Laurence RickardWriter
- Ben WillbondWriter
- Richard BracewellDirector
- Andrew HewittOriginal Music Composer
- Susie DonkinWriter
Cast
- Mathew BayntonWilliam 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official
- Simon FarnabyEarl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller
- Martha Howe-DouglasAnne Hathaway / Molly / Spanish Courtier / Body Collector
- Jim HowickChristopher Marlowe / Gabriel Montoya / Cynical Jester / Palace Doorman / Mysterious Man / Even Grubbier Thief / Party Planner
- Laurence RickardSir Francis Walsingham / Lope Lopez / Stand-Up Jester / Chatty Guard / Slightly Late Courtier / Ian / Hanging Criminal / Chicken Drumstick
- Ben WillbondKing Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards
- Helen McCroryQueen Elizabeth I
- Damian LewisSir Richard Hawkins
- Justin EdwardsSir Francis Drake
- Rufus JonesSir Walter Raleigh
- John Henry FalleMiguel
- Jamie DemetriouSergio
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Themes
assassination attempt16th century