Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

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

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