Life of Shakespeare (1978)
Life of Shakespeare (1978)
Plot.
Biography of William Shakespeare.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.

Tim Curry
William Shakespeare

Ian McShane
Christopher Marlowe

Meg Wynn Owen
Anne Shakespeare

Mark Cullingham
Director

Robert Knights
Director

John Mortimer
Writer

Will Knightley
Soldier

Ivor Roberts
Dr. Moffett

Moray Watson
Nicholas

Huw Higginson
Sampson

Julian Curry
Sir Robert Cecil

Simon MacCorkindale
Sir Thomas Walsingham

Michael Cashman
Man in street

Thorley Walters
Mr. Justice Fleminge

Nicholas Clay
The Earl of Southampton

Darien Angadi
Robert Armin

André Morell
Edward Alleyn

Veronica Clifford
Mother Parker

Ron Cook
Jack Rice

Michael Standing
Man in street

Milton Johns
Dr. Alcibiades

Keith Baxter
The Earl of Essex

Simon Rouse
Ingram Frizer

Bill Paterson
King James I
Details.
This TV Show Is About.
miniseries
Scripted
Wiki.
Will Shakespeare, also known as Life of Shakespeare and William Shakespeare: His Life & Times, is a 1978 British historical drama series created and written by John Mortimer. Broadcast in six parts, the series is a dramatisation of the life and times of the great poet William Shakespeare, played by Tim Curry, and was co-produced by Lew Grade's ATV and RAI and distributed internationally by ITC. The two production companies had collaborated the previous year on Jesus of Nazareth.