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Cast
Gwyneth Paltrow (Viola De Lesseps)Joseph Fiennes (Will Shakespeare)Geoffrey Rush (Philip Henslowe)Tom Wilkinson (Hugh Fennyman)Steven O'Donnell (Lambert)Tim McMullan (Frees)Steven Beard (Makepeace, the Preacher)Antony Sher (Dr Moth)Patrick Barlow (Will Kempe)Martin Clunes (Richard Burbage)Sandra Reinton (Rosaline)Simon Callow (Tilney, Master of the Revels)Judi Dench (Queen Elizabeth)Bridget McConnell (Lady in Waiting)Georgie Glen (Lady in Waiting)Nicholas Boulton (Henry Condell)Imelda Staunton (Nurse)Colin Firth (Lord Wessex)
Director
John Madden
Synopsis
The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
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