


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
William Shakespeare

Judi Dench
Anne Shakespeare

Ian McKellen
Earl of Southampton

Kathryn Wilder
Judith Shakespeare

Lydia Wilson
Susanna Hall

Hadley Fraser
John Hall

Jack Colgrave Hirst
Tom Quiney

John Dagleish
Rafe Smith

Sean Foley
John Lane

Gerard Horan
Ben Jonson

Jimmy Yuill
Edward Woolmer

Alex Macqueen
Sir Thomas Lucy
Eleanor de Rohan
Margaret Wheeler

Nonso Anozie
Actor

Lolita Chakrabarti
Lena

Darryl Clark
Mr. Wheeler
Doug Colling
Douglas
Clara Duczmal
Elizabeth Hall

Phil Dunster
Harry
Freya Durkan
Young Judith Shakespeare
Kenneth Branagh
Ben Elton
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