Bill

What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.

• Laurence RickardWriter
• Richard BracewellDirector
• Ben WillbondWriter
• Andrew HewittOriginal Music Composer
• Susie DonkinWriter

• 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