"To be... or not to be... that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to... suffer the slings and arrows of... outrageous fortune... or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing... end them."

"Joe Alwyn - Bartholomew Hathaway"

"Jacobi Jupe - Hamnet Shakespeare"

"Elliot Baxter - Richard Shakespeare"

"Emily Watson - Mary Shakespeare"

"Your mother's trying to... keep a grip on her child. It won't work. What is given may be taken away at any time. We must never let our guard down. Never take for granted... that our children's hearts beat, that they draw breath, that they walk and speak and... smile, argue, play. Never forget for a moment that they may be gone."

"He's got more inside of him than any man I've ever met."

"Jessie Buckley - Agnes Shakespeare"

"El Simons - the actor who plays Ophelia in Hamlet"

"Sam Woolf - the actor who plays Bernardo in Hamlet"

"Hera Gibson - the actor who plays Francisco in Hamlet"

"Dainton Anderson - Edmond Shakespeare"

"[to Delilah] My eyes could never find more beauty than they see in you."

"[to Samson] Come with me to Egypt. We'll not be Danite and Philistine there, only Samson and Delilah. In the Valley of the Nile, the air will be sweet with myrrh, and only the flight of the ibis will darken the sky. Will you come with me?"

"Before the dawn of history, ever since the first man discovered his soul, he has struggled against the forces that sought to enslave him. He saw the awful power of nature arrayed against him—the evil eye of the lightning, the terrifying voice of the thunder, the shrieking, wind-filled darkness enslaving his mind with shackles of fear. Fear bred superstition, blinding his reason. He was ridden by a host of devil gods. Human dignity perished on the altar of idolatry. And tyranny arose, grinding the human spirit beneath the conqueror's heel. But deep in man's heart still burned the unquenchable will for freedom. When this divine spark flames in the soul of some mortal—whether priest or soldier, artist or patriot, lover or statesman—his deeds have changed the course of human events and his name survives the ages. In the village of Zorah, in the land of Dan, 1,000 years before the birth of Christ, lived such a man. In him, the elements had fused greatness and weakness, strength and folly. But with these, was a bold dream—liberty for his nation. The man's name was Samson. For 40 years, the Philistines had held his people in bondage."

"[to her first-born, a daughter] Poor little girl. You are not what was desired, but you are no less dear to me. A boy would have be the Son of France. But you, Marie Thérèse, shall be mine."

"Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette"

"Céline Sallette as Lady in Waiting"

"Mathieu Amalric as Man at Masked Ball"

"André Oumansky as Cardinal de La Roche Aymon"

"James Lance as Léonard Autié"

"Guillaume Gallienne as Charles Gravier, Count of Vergennes"

"Sarah Adler as Maria Theresa, Countess of Artois"

"Jean-Christophe Bouvet as Étienne François, Duke of Choiseul"

"Sebastian Armesto as Louis-Stanislaus, Count of Provence"

"Clémentine Poidatz as Marie Joséphine, Countess of Provence"

"Aurore Clément as the Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, "Duchess of Orléans Duchess of Chartres""

"Tom Hardy as Raumont"

"Rose Byrne as Yolande de Polastron, "Duchess of Polignac""

"Rip Torn as Louis XV"

"Asia Argento as Madame du Barry"

"Mary Nighy as Louise Marie Thérèse of Savoy, "Princess of Lamballe""

"Marianne Faithfull as Empress Maria Theresa"

"Al Weaver as Charles, Count of Artois"

"Jamie Dornan as Axel von Fersen"

"Judy Davis as Anne d'Arpajon, "Countess of Noailles""

"Jason Schwartzman as Louis XVI"

"Steve Coogan as Florimond Claude, Count of Mercy-Argenteau"

"Joseph Malerba as Queen's Guard"

"Molly Shannon as Madame Victoire"

"Shirley Henderson as Madame Sophie"

"Danny Huston as Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor"

"Liah O'Prey as Mary Livingston"

"Eileen O’Higgins as Mary Beaton"

"Alex Beckett as Sir Walter Mildmay"

"Maria-Victoria Dragus as Mary Fleming"

"Izuka Hoyle as Mary Seton"

"James McArdle as James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray"

"Adrian Lester as Lord Randolph"