A Waste of Shame

A Waste of Shame

Infobox Television
show_name = A Waste of Shame


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genre = Period drama, biopic
writer = William Boyd
director = John McKay
creat_director =
developer =
presenter =
starring = Rupert Graves,
Tom Sturridge,
Indira Varma
composer = Kevin Sargent
country = United Kingdom
language = English
executive_producer = Richard Fell,
Sally Woodward Gentle
co_exec =
producer = Chrissy Skinns
sup_producer =
asst_producer = Ben Evans,
Angie Daniell
cons_producer =
co-producer =
editor = Anne Sopel
story_editor =
location = Richard May
cinematography = Tim Palmer
camera = Steve Alcorn
runtime = 90 minutes
channel = BBC Four
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audio_format =
first_aired = 22 November 2005
last_aired =
imdb_id = 0491232:"For the novel, see A Waste of Shame (novel).""A Waste of Shame" (aka "A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets") is a 90-minute television drama on the circumstances surrounding William Shakespeare and the composition of his sonnets. It takes its title from the first line of Sonnet 129. It was first broadcast on BBC 4 on 22 November 2005 as part of the supporting programming for the BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told season. Its screenplay was written by William Boyd and the film was directed by John McKay.

Cast

*Rupert Graves - William Shakespeare
*Tom Sturridge - William Herbert ("the Fair Youth")
*Indira Varma - Lucie ("the Dark Lady")
*Zoë Wanamaker - Countess of Pembroke
*Anna Chancellor - Anne Hathaway
*Andrew Tiernan - Ben Jonson
*Nicky Henson - John Shakespeare
*Alan Williams - George Wilkins
*Nicholas Rowe - Richard Burbage
*John Voce - William Kempe
*Tom Hiddleston - John Hall
*Christopher Fairbank - Physician
*Ian Hughes - Thomas Thorpe
*Clem Tibber - Hamnet Shakespeare
*Tom Mison - Young Blood

External links

*imdb title|0491232
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/20/shake_four.shtml BBC Press Release]


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