Written by Ben Elton, the forthcoming film features Branagh as the playwright in his retirement years, opposite Judi Dench as Anne Hathaway

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The first trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s “Shakespeare in retirement” drama All Is True has been released.

Branagh directs the film, as well as playing Shakespeare, living in retirement with his wife Anne Hathaway (Judi Dench) and grappling with a number of personal crises – including the death of his son Hamnet and the destruction of the Globe theatre in a fire.

Branagh has previously made five big-screen adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays, including his directorial debut, Henry V, as well as In the Bleak Midwinter, about a community production of Hamlet. All Is True is written by Ben Elton, who was previously responsible for Upstart Crow, a BBC sitcom about Shakespeare and Hathaway starring David Mitchell and Liza Tarbuck, in which Branagh will make a guest appearance this Christmas.

All Is True will be released in February in the UK and US.