- 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
- Shirley Cheriton - Kate
- Basil Dignam - The Lord Chamberlain
- John McEnery - Hamnet Sadler
- Paul Freeman - Dick Burbage
- John Bailey - Sir Francis Walsingham
- Jeffery Dench - Lord Keeper Egerton
- George Malpas - Master Squab
- Peter Benson - Peter Phipps
- John Normington - Alex Cooke
- Roger Lloyd Pack - Jack Heminge
- Derek Royle - William Kempe
- Robert Knights
- Mark Cullingham
- John Mortimer
Paul Freeman hace el papel de Dick Burbage.
Tim Curry hace el papel de William Shakespeare.
Ian McShane hace el papel de Christopher Marlowe.
Meg Wynn Owen interpreta a Anne Shakespeare en la serie.
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