The final act of the world's greatest playwright
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.
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Contemplative, prestige, classical in form and earnest.
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Kenneth BranaghWilliam Shakespeare
- Judi DenchAnne Shakespeare
- Ian McKellenEarl of Southampton
- Kathryn WilderJudith Shakespeare
- Lydia WilsonSusanna Hall
- Hadley FraserJohn Hall
- Jack Colgrave HirstTom Quiney
- John DagleishRafe Smith
- Sean FoleyJohn Lane
- Gerard HoranBen Jonson
Crew
- Kenneth BranaghDirector
- Ben EltonScreenplay
- Zac NicholsonDirector of Photography
- Patrick DoyleOriginal Music Composer
- Úna Ní DhonghaíleEditor
- Ted GaglianoProducer
- Kenneth BranaghProducer
- Tamar ThomasProducer
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