Bill

What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.

CAST

Mathew BayntonWilliam 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official

Simon FarnabyEarl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller

Martha Howe-DouglasAnne Hathaway / Molly / Spanish Courtier / Body Collector

Jim HowickChristopher Marlowe / Gabriel Montoya / Cynical Jester / Palace Doorman / Mysterious Man / Even Grubbier Thief / Party Planner

Laurence RickardSir Francis Walsingham / Lope Lopez / Stand-Up Jester / Chatty Guard / Slightly Late Courtier / Ian / Hanging Criminal / Chicken Drumstick

Ben WillbondKing Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards

Helen McCroryQueen Elizabeth I

Damian LewisSir Richard Hawkins

Justin EdwardsSir Francis Drake

Rufus JonesSir Walter Raleigh

John Henry FalleMiguel

Jamie DemetriouSergio

Richard AtwillSevi

George HewerSpanish Servant

Tom MeetenSpanish Servant