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Bill is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Richard Bracewell with Mathew Baynton
Bill (2015)
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Add to a movie listBill is a 2015 British family adventure-comedy film from the principal performers behind children's TV series Horrible Histories and Yonderland. Produced by Punk Cinema and Cowboy Films for BBC Films, it was released in the UK on 18 September 2015 by Vertigo Films. The film is a fictional take on the young William Shakespeare's search for fame and fortune, as written by Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond and directed by Richard Bracewell. It features the six lead performers playing several different roles each including Mathew Baynton, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick and Laurence Rickard. Bill has received mostly positive reviews. It is the first film to be made by the Horrible Histories team.
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Bill is set during Shakespeare's "lost years"—the crucial period, long a mystery to scholars, covering his rise from obscurity in Stratford-upon-Avon to fame as a playwright in London. According to the official synopsis, the film will tell the "real story" of what happens when "hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his family and home to follow his dream. It’s a tale of murderous kings, spies, lost loves, and a plot to blow up Queen Elizabeth I." Writer Rickard further explained that this "very different" version of the future Bard has already tried "everything from contemporary dance to playing lute in a band. He's never found his calling.Actors
Mathew Baynton
(William 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official)
Simon Farnaby
(Earl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller)
Martha Howe-Douglas
(Anne Hathaway / Molly / Spanish Courtier / Body Collector)
Jim Howick
(Christopher Marlowe / Gabriel Montoya / Cynical Jester / Palace Doorman / Mysterious Man / Even Grubbier Thief / Party Planner)
Laurence Rickard
(Sir Francis Walsingham / Lope Lopez / Stand-Up Jester / Chatty Guard / Slightly Late Courtier / Ian / Hanging Criminal / Chicken Drumstick)
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