Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

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

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