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Cast & Crew

Directed By

Written By

Ben Elton
written by

Cast

Kenneth Branagh
William Shakespeare
Judi Dench
Anne Shakespeare
Ian McKellen
Earl of Southampton
Nonso Anozie
Actor Playing Aaron
Lolita Chakrabarti
Stratford Landlady
Darryl Clark
Mr. Wheeler
Doug Colling
Douglas, Shakespeare's Servant
John Dagleish
Rafe Smith
Eleanor de Rohan
Margaret Wheeler
Clara Duczmal
Elizabeth Hall
Phil Dunster
Henry, the Student
Freya Durkan
Young Judith Shakespeare
Sam Ellis
Hamnet Shakespeare
Sean Foley
John Lane
Hadley Fraser
John Hall
Gerard Horan
Ben Jonson
Alex Macqueen
Sir Thomas Lucy
Sabi Perez
Maria, Shakespeare's Maid
Michael Rouse
Francis Collins
Penny Ryder
Mrs. Wheeler
Kate Tydman
Lady Thomas Lucy
Kathryn Wilder
Judith Shakespeare
Lydia Wilson
Susanna Hall
Jimmy Yuill
Vicar Edward Woolmer
Flora Easton
Young Susanna Hall
Sandra Rosko
Townswoman
Oliver Simms
Wedding Guest

Produced By

Laura Berwick
executive producer
Judy Hofflund
executive producer
Matthew Jenkins
executive producer
Louise Killin
line producer
Becca Kovacik
executive producer

Music

Cinematography

Zac Nicholson
director of photography

Sound

Niv Adiri
effects re-recording mixer
Grace Averbuch
sound effects editor
Dillon Bennett
supervising sound editor
Will Chapman
sound trainee
Aran Clifford
mix technician
Sebastian Dale
adr editor
Davide Favargiotti
dialogue editor
Felix Godden
mixing assistant: premix, The Post Republic
Colin Gregory
sound maintenance
Sophia Hardman
adr recordist: Twickenham Studios
Michael Kneafsey
additional first assistant sound
Michael Maroussas
dialogue editor
Thayna McLaughlin
additional second assistant sound
Andy Nelson
re-recording mixer
Colin Nicolson
production sound mixer
Emmet O'Donnell
assistant sound editor
Carsten Richter
foley artist: Studio Warns
Maxim Romasevich
mixing assistant: premix, The Post Republic
Gavin Rose
supervising sound editor
Tom Sayers
sound designer
Matthias Schwab
re-recording mixer: premix, The Post Republic
Matt Waites
sound effects editor
Hanse Warns
foley mixer: Studio Warns
Daniel Weis
foley artist: Studio Warns
Markus Wurster
head technician: premix, The Post Republic
Oliver Ferris
adr assistant
Manuel Laval
foley editor

Production Design

Set Design

Makeup

Lesley Altringham
hair stylist / makeup artist
Sam Bear
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Andrew Bethel
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Cathy Burczak
hair stylist / makeup artist
Jane Burstow
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Susan Cole
hair supervisor: crowd / makeup supervisor: crowd
Anthony Davies
mould maker: Millennium FX
Neill Gorton
prosthetic makeup designer: Millennium FX
Amanda Green
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Suzanne Harper
crowd hair supervisor / crowd makeup supervisor
Denise Heath
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Amber Hertzberg
silicone technician: Millennium FX
Morgan Kimber
mould maker: Millennium FX
Shelley King
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Magda Kulig
silicone technician: Millennium FX
Chrisoula Loizou
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Rob Mayor
prosthetic effects administrator: Millennium FX
Ellis Moore
workshop assistant: Millennium FX
Susan Parkinson
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Martine Randall
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Stephen Rose
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Loulia Sheppard
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Martina Skokova
prosthetic effects administrator: Millennium FX
Dianne St. James
crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Jody Stanton
mould maker: Millennium FX
Kate Walshe
prosthetic effects administrator: Millennium FX
Vanessa White
hair designer / makeup designer
Linda Wilson
hairdresser
Stephanie Wong
mould maker: Millennium FX
Rachel Gatt
project assistant: Millennium FX

Special Effects

Joe Halford
additional special effects lead senior technician: Absolute Effects UK
Max Reader
additional assistant special effects technician: Absolute Effects UK
Andrew Ryan
additional special effects technician: Absolute Effects UK
Kevin Skehan
special effects lead senior technician: Absolute Effects UK
David Watkins
special effects supervisor: Absolute Effects UK
John Schoonraad
special effects: prosthetic child dummy

Visual Effects

Max Alexander
compositor: Automatic VFX
Mark Stuart Bailey
3d supervisor: Automatic VFX
Sebastian Barker
visual effects supervisor: Automatic VFX
Shannan Burkley
production matte painter: Automatic VFX
Thomas Castagna
compositor: Automatic VFX
Vikram Chadha
visual effects line producer: Automatic VFX
Kia Coates
compositor: Automatic VFX
Darren Coffey
compositor: Automatic VFX
Sean Danischevsky
compositing supervisor: Automatic VFX
Gavin Digby
compositor: Automatic VFX
Fred Donoghue
visual effects coordinator: Automatic VFX
Lisa Hansen
visual effects producer: Automatic VFX
Jonathan Harris
it administrator: Automatic VFX
Garrett Honn
compositor: Automatic VFX
Santiago E. Iturmendi
compositor: Automatic VFX
Allan Torp Jensen
compositor: Automatic VFX
Sophie Loughran
visual effects coordinator: Automatic VFX
George Myer
visual effects editor: Automatic VFX
Csaba Novak
compositor: Automatic VFX
Joe Pavlo
compositor: Automatic VFX
Tim Pruce
compositor: Automatic VFX
Ingo Putze
digital matte painter: Automatic VFX / visual effects art director: Automatic VFX
Michael Reuter
executive visual effects producer: Automatic VFX
Toby Sanderson
3d trainee: Automatic VFX
Craig Travis
3d artist: Automatic VFX
Daniel Goertz
pipeline td: Automatik VFX

Assistant Director

Anna Brabbins
second assistant director
Martin Curry
first assistant director
Adam Foster
crowd second assistant director
Bryn Lawrence
additional crowd second assistant director
Barney Shakespeare
third assistant director
Michael Stevenson
crowd floor second assistant director
Siggy Stone
additional third assistant director
Martin Collins
daily assistant director

Production Management

Will Hannan
unit manager
Michael Reuter
post production producer
Deryn Stafford
production manager

Art Department

Sarah Bick
production buyer
Michael Blake
standby props
Joe Bovington
standby props
Elisa Brown
petty cash buyer
Bruce Collier
dressing props
Simon Cross
additional graphic designer
Oliver Dance
dressing props
Hugh Fottrell
standby props
Ewa Galak
art department assistant
James Gemmill
head scenic artist
Deborah Hammond
calligrapher
Rohan Harris
scenic artist
Kathy Heaser
additional graphic designer
Charlotte Hutchings
stand-by art director
Emily Lutyens
researcher
Richard Magennis
dressing props
Dean Marsh
property master
Chris Michaelides
props trainee
Sarah Pasquali
additional graphic designer
Tom Pemberton
props trainee
Heather Pollington
additional graphic artist
Simon Riley
standby props
Adam Robinson
standby props
Kellie Waugh
graphic designer

Stunts

Will Wanless
riding double: Earf of Southampton, The Devil's Horsemen
Chris White
riding double: William Shakespeare, The Devil's Horsemen

Editorial

Herbert Butler
digital intermediate editor: The Post Republic
Wojciech Duczmal
second assistant editor
Cat Gregory
first assistant editor
Adam Inglis
supervising digital intermediate colorist: The Post Republic
Daniel Kraus
dailies producer
Gregor Pfüller
digital intermediate editor: The Post Republic
Steffen Schuchhardt
digital intermediate mastering: The Post Republic / digital intermediate operator: The Post Republic

Other

Nick Chaffey
accounts assistant
Isabel Chick
production accountant
Tom Cox
horsemaster: The Devil's Horsemen
Callum Dawson
crowd production assistant
Sinéad Doherty
set production assistant
Paul Edmondson
consultant: Shakespeare
Martin Eichhorn
title designer: Automatic VFX
Callum Finn
assistant: director
Marina Heumann
production secretary
Denise Hewett
caterer: Gourmet Location Catering
Terry Holland
head caterer: Gourmet Location Catering
Mick Hurrell
health and safety advisor: JHA Safe T
Russell Jackson
consultant: Shakespeare
Paul Latchford
lead security: The Movie Lot Services
Stefan Maile
additional set production assistant
Darcey Milne
additional production assistant
Esther Randall
production legal: ILaw Solicitors
Penny Ryder
production assistant: Judi Dench / stand in: Judi Dench
Eugenia Stevenson
crowd production assistant
Phil Stoole
epk/bts documentarian
Ben Strowger
caterer: Gourmet Location Catering
Ed Swain
set firefighter
Derek Townshend
production insurance: Chesterfield Group
Fiona Tuohy
post production accountant
Sarah Unwin
production coordinator
James Wells-Hunt
head caterer: Gourmet Location Catering
Daniel Rogers
health and safety officer
Samantha Seivwright
horse department
Sima Stannage
chaperone

Music Department

Patrick Doyle
conducted by / musician: piano / orchestrated by
Martin Higgins
midi preparation
Gareth Murphy
track lay
Colin Rae
music copyist
Maggie Rodford
music producer
Hilary Skewes
musicians contractor
Nick Taylor
engineer
Will Temlett
music programming
Olly Thompson
assistant engineer
Mark Willsher
music editor
Warren Zielinski
orchestra leader
Richard Harwood
musician: solo cello
Nicolas Martin
trailer music

Casting Department

Olivia Grant
casting associate
Phoebe Scholfield
adr voice casting

Costume Department

India Ayles
costume trainee
Jenni Carvell
dresser: Judi Dench
Martin Chitty
costume assistant
Grace Clark
principal costume standby
Mark Foster
costume breakdown
Manuela Harding
costume assistant
Gordon Harmer
costume supervisor
Carin Hoff
costume assistant
Andrew Joslin
principal costume assistant
Anna Kot
assistant costume designer
Peg Mortimer
costume alterations
Bethany Morton
costume alterations
Duncan Newman
dresser: Ian McKellen
Stacey Clare Richards
principal costume standby
Hayley Clair Stewart
costume assistant
Sarah Touaibi
female crowd costume supervisor
John Usher
costume assistant
Oliver Wilson
costume assistant
Robert Worley
male crowd costume supervisor
Jordan Colls
costume assistant
Stephen Kill
leatherworker

Camera Department

Jacob Barrie
additional first assistant camera
Harry Bennett-Snewin
digital imaging technician
Matt Bohun
electrical trainee
Anna Brabbins
additional still photographer
Ben Brown
first assistant camera
Bennett Clarke
second assistant camera
John Clarke
electrician
Alex Colthart
grip assistant
Michael Donald
additional still photographer
Samuel Donvito
electrical trainee
John Evans
additional first assistant camera
Freddie FitzHerbert
additional camera trainee
Adrian Greenfield
grip assistant
Sam Hayes
additional second assistant camera
Niall Higgins
electrician / generator operator
Dan Huntley
grip assistant
Maja Jensen
grip assistant
Izzie Jones
electrical trainee
Peter Kehoe
board operator / electrician
Johannes Lohmann
camera trainee
Iain MacKay
additional camera operator
John Marzano
aerial camera operator: The Helicopter Girls
Jeanie McAlpine
additional camera trainee
Keith Mead
additional grip
Simon Mills
electrician
Peter Myslowski
additional grip
Ian Ogden
key grip
Richard Potter
practical electrician
Sam Rhys James
additional second assistant camera
Tom Rogers
additional digital imaging technician
Clive Sait
best boy
Garth Sewell
additional grip
Tim Shotter
board operator / electrician
Jerome Smith
data wrangler
Shaun Waldie
electrical trainee
Nick Wall
additional still photographer
Leo Westcott
additional camera trainee
Harry Wingate
additional second assistant camera
Angus Young
additional still photographer
Rob Youngson
still photographer

Location Management

Joanna Beckett
additional location manager
Freddie Tyson Brown
assistant location manager
Robbie Gibbs
location supervisor: Dorney Court
Carmen Harber
additional location marshal
Paul Latchford
security assistant to locations: The Movie Lot Services
Hannah Stevens
additional location marshal

Script Department

Annie Penn
script supervisor
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