| Geoffrey Rush | Philip Henslowe |
| Tom Wilkinson | Hugh Fennyman |
| Steve O'Donnell | Lambert |
| Tim McMullan | Frees |
| Joseph Fiennes | Will Shakespeare |
| Steven Beard | Makepeace - the Preacher |
| Antony Sher | Dr. Moth |
| Patrick Barlow | Will Kempe |
| Martin Clunes | Richard Burbage |
| Sandra Reinton | Rosaline |
| Director | John Madden |
| Producer | Mark Cooper; Donna Gigliotti |
| Writer | Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard |
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