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Life of Shakespeare (1978)

Life of Shakespeare

Biography of William Shakespeare.

Life of Shakespeare

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as William Shakespeare

as Christopher Marlowe

as Anne Shakespeare

as Dick Burbage

John Normington

John Normington

Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pack

as Jack Heminge

as William Kempe

as The Earl of Southampton

as Hamnet Sadler

as Sir Robert Cecil

as Robert Armin

Shirley Cheriton

Shirley Cheriton

Simon MacCorkindale

Simon MacCorkindale

as Sir Thomas Walsingham

Michael Cashman

Michael Cashman

as Man in street

Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

as Mr. Justice Fleminge

as Edward Alleyn

Veronica Clifford

Veronica Clifford

as Mother Parker

Michael Standing

Michael Standing

as Man in street

as Dr. Alcibiades

as The Earl of Essex

as Ingram Frizer

as King James I

as The Lord Chamberlain

as Sir Francis Walsingham

as Lord Keeper Egerton

as Master Squab

as Peter Phipps

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

1x1

Dead shepherd
1x2

Alms for oblivion
1x3

Of comfort and despair
1x4

The loved boy
1x5

Rebellion's masterpiece
1x6

The living record

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