Breaking Bad
2008 · Drama · Crime
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TV series / 1978
Will Shakespeare
A dramatisation of the life of famed playwright William Shakespeare from 1590 to 1607.
The story
A dramatisation of the life of famed playwright William Shakespeare from 1590 to 1607.
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Season 1
Miniseries
Season details
A dramatisation of the life of famed playwright William Shakespeare from 1590 to 1607.
Cast
Tim CurryWilliam Shakespeare
Paul FreemanDick Burbage
John NormingtonAlex Cooke
Ronald HerdmanSam Crosse
Ron CookJack Rice
Roger Lloyd PackJack Heminge
Richard CorderyHenry Condell
Derek RoyleWilliam Kempe
Michael HadleyAugustine Phillips
Nicholas Clay'Hal', The Earl of Southampton
John McEneryHamnet Sadler
Matthew TaylorHercules
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Shirley CheritonKate
Ian McShaneChristopher Marlowe
André MorellEdward Alleyn
Simon RouseIngram Frizer
John BaileySir Francis Walsingham
Simon MacCorkindaleSir Thomas Walsingham
Robert O'MahoneyRobert Poley
Geraldine MoffatEleanor Bull
Vera JakobWidow Braxton
David FoxxeTom
John LabanowskiNicholas Skeres
Billy ColvillThe Tailor
Ellis DalePuritan
Michael StandingMan in Street
Fred BryantWilliam Slye
Irene SuntersMistress Rice
Milton JohnsDr Alcibiades
Janet Spencer-TurnerMary Fleminge
Thorley WaltersMr Justice Fleminge
Granville SaxtonFootman
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