Kenneth Branagh is a late-stage Shakespeare and Judi Dench his long-suffering wife in Ben Elton’s witty, melancholic study of regret and homecoming.

The year is 1613. Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age but disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family.

"A boldly fanciful but nuanced portrait of Shakespeare’s final years." The Independent

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