Life of Shakespeare (1978)
TV
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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
Paul Freeman
Dick Burbage
Meg Wynn Owen
Anne Shakespeare
John Normington
Alex Cooke / Alex Cook
Ron Cook
Jack Rice
Ronald Herdman
Sam Crosse
Roger Lloyd Pack
Jack Heminge
Richard Cordery
Henry Condell
Nicholas Clay
The Earl of Southampton / Earl of Southampton
Derek Royle
William Kempe
Michael Hadley
Augustine Phillips
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
Darien Angadi
Robert Armin
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 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.