Will (2017)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
8h 30min
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- Synopsis:
Tells the wild story of young William Shakespeare's (Laurie Davidson)'s arrival onto the punk-rock theater scene in 16th century London - the seductive, violent world where his raw talent faced rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous side-shows. It's described as a contemporary version of Shakespeare's life, played to a modern soundtrack that exposes all his recklessness, lustful temptations and brilliance. Attracted to Will's naive genius is Alice Burbage (Olivia DeJonge), the talented, beautiful and rebellious daughter of James Burbage (Colm Meaney), the carpenter with a vision to build the first theater in London since Roman times. Despite being the daughter of an impresario, Alice is forbidden by society from pursuing a career in the theater. Her brother Richard Burbage (Mattias Inwood), is innately talented, but too much in love with himself and prone to overact. A chance encounter at the theater leads him to team up with Will in what would soon become the greatest actor-writer partnership the world has ever seen. Rounding out Will's... - Actors:
- Laurie Davidson, Olivia DeJonge, Ewen Bremner, Mattias Inwood, Jamie Campbell Bower, William Houston, Colm Meaney, Geoffrey Freshwater, Jamie Beamish, Cristian Valle, Adam Galbraith, James Berkery, Kenneth Collard, Jonathan Jaynes, Benny Maslov, Ash Mukherjee, James T. Bowman, Perran Pryor, Lukas Rolfe, Max Bennett
- Directors:
- Shekhar Kapur, Elliott Lester, Magnus Martens, Jonathan Teplitzky
- Producers:
- Andrew Wood, Sarah Byrd, Mary Richards
- Creators:
- Craig Pearce
- Writers:
- Craig Pearce, Jacquelin Perske, Sarah Byrd, Louise Fox, Cat Jones, Corinne Marrinan, David Rambo, Mark Steilen
- Genres:
- TV Dramas
