A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

Rupert Graves

William Shakespeare

Tom Sturridge

William Herbert

Indira Varma

Lucie "The dark lady"

Zoë Wanamaker

Countess of Pembroke

Anna Chancellor

Anne Hathaway

Andrew Tiernan

Ben Jonson

Nicky Henson

John Shakespeare

Alan Williams

George Wilkin

Nicholas Rowe

Richard Burbage

Tom Hiddleston

John Hall

Tom Mison

Young Blood

Christopher Fairbank

Physician

Camilla Arfwedson

Lucie's Maid

Joanne McCallin

Street Hoare

Joseph Rhys Blake

Street Urchin

Clem Tibber

Hamnet Shakespeare

Ian Hughes

Thomas Thorpe

Richard Fell

Executive Producer

William Boyd

Screenplay

Sara Mathers

Set Decoration

John McKay

Director

Chrissy Skinns

Executive Producer

Sally Woodward Gentle

Executive Producer

Jill Trevellick

Casting

Tim Palmer

Director of Photography

Kevin Sargent

Original Music Composer

Nick Blanche

Art Direction

Ralph Wheeler-Holes

Costume Design

Lesley Lamont-Fisher

Makeup Artist

Martyn John

Production Design

Annie Townsend

Makeup Artist

Anne Sopel

Editor