Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Rory Kinnear as Self - Performer David Suchet as Oberon John Lithgow as Self - Performer Nicholas Lumley as Various Alison Moyet as Much Ado About Nothing Harriet Walter as Self - Performer Alex Waldmann as Self - Performer King Charles III of the United Kingdom as Self - Hamlet Catherine Tate as Self - Host Richard David-Caine as Self Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet Alex Hassell as Various Al Murray as Bottom Judi Dench as Self - Performer Joseph Fiennes as Self Mariah Gale as Juliet Henry Goodman as Self Rufus Wainwright as Self - Performer Anne-Marie Duff as Self - Performer Rufus Hound as Self Theo Ogundipe as Various Natey Jones as Romeo Tom Stourton as Horrible Histories segment Benedict Cumberbatch as Self - Performer Ian McKellen as Self - Performer Helen Mirren as Self - Performer Simon Russell Beale as Richard II Tim Minchin as Self Antony Sher as Self Akala as The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company David Tennant as Self - Host

John Wyver Producer Rufus Wainwright Original Music Composer Gregory Doran Director Bridget Caldwell Director