Cast and Crew of Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Cast of
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

About Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.

Full Cast of Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

David Tennant
plays Self - Host

David Tennant as Self - Host

David John Tennant is a Scottish actor known for his roles in Doctor Who, Casanova, Hamlet, Harry Potter and the Gobl...

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Catherine Tate
plays Self - Host

Catherine Tate as Self - Host

Catherine Tate (born 5 December 1969) is an English actress, writer and comedian. She has won numerous awards for her...

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Judi Dench
plays Self - Performer

Benedict Cumberbatch
plays Self - Performer

Benedict Cumberbatch as Self - Performer

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his roles on the screen and s...

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Joseph Fiennes
plays Self

Joseph Fiennes as Self

Joseph Alberic Iscariot Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 27 May 1970) is an English film and stage actor. He is perha...

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Ian McKellen
plays Self - Performer

Ian McKellen as Self - Performer

Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier ...

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David Suchet
plays Oberon

David Suchet as Oberon

David Suchet, OBE, CBE, (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British television. He is recogn...

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Helen Mirren
plays Self - Performer

Helen Mirren as Self - Performer

Dame Helen Lydia Mirren DBE (née Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolade...

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Kingslee ‘Akala’ Daley
plays The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company

Richard Atwill
plays Ben Jonson

Simon Russell Beale
plays Richard II

Simon Russell Beale as Richard II

Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, tele...

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Emma Carrington
plays Béatrice

Richard David-Caine
plays Self

Anne-Marie Duff
plays Self - Performer

Paapa Essiedu
plays Hamlet

Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet

Born in 1990, Essiedu grew up in East London with his mother, who was a fashion and design teacher. His family comes ...

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Mariah Gale
plays Juliet

Mariah Gale as Juliet

Mariah Gale was born on January 1, 1980 and is currently 44 years old.

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Henry Goodman
plays Self

Jalaal Hartley
plays Horrible Histories segment

Alex Hassell
plays Various

Alex Hassell as Various

Alexander Stephen Hassell (born 7 September 1980) is an English actor. He is co-founder of The Factory Theatre Compan...

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Rufus Hound
plays Self

Rufus Hound as Self

Rufus Hound was born on March 6, 1979 and is currently 45 years old.

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Natey Jones
plays Romeo

Rory Kinnear
plays Self - Performer

Rory Kinnear as Self - Performer

Rory Kinnear (born 17 February 1978) is an English actor and playwright who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Com...

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John Lithgow
plays Self - Performer

John Lithgow as Self - Performer

John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. Prolific in films, television and on stage, Lithgow...

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Rhian Lois
plays Bénédict

Nitin Sawhney
plays The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company

Nicholas Lumley
plays Various

Al Murray
plays Bottom

Alison Moyet
plays Much Ado About Nothing

Tim Minchin
plays Self

Theo Ogundipe
plays Various

Antony Sher
plays Self

Tom Stourton
plays Horrible Histories segment

Tom Stourton as Horrible Histories segment

Tom Stourton was born on January 1, 1987 and is currently 37 years old.

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Rufus Wainwright
plays Self - Performer

Harriet Walter
plays Self - Performer

Harriet Walter as Self - Performer

Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award...

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Alex Waldmann
plays Self - Performer


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