Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

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

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