Will Shakespeare
A dramatisation of the life of famed playwright William Shakespeare from 1590 to 1607.
Videos
Top cast
Tim Curry
William Shakespeare
Paul Freeman
Dick Burbage
John Normington
Alex Cooke
Ronald Herdman
Sam Crosse
Ron Cook
Jack Rice
Roger Lloyd Pack
Jack Heminge
Richard Cordery
Henry Condell
Derek Royle
William Kempe
Michael Hadley
Augustine Phillips
Nicholas Clay
'Hal', The Earl of Southampton
John McEnery
Hamnet Sadler
Matthew Taylor
Hercules
Shirley Cheriton
Kate
Ian McShane
Christopher Marlowe
André Morell
Edward Alleyn
Seasons
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- June 13, 1978
- Last air date
- July 18, 1978
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
- Episode runtime
- 50m
- Network
- ITV1
- Original language
- EN
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