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Anonymous (2011)

Was Shakespeare a Fraud?

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Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

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Cast

  • Jamie Campbell Bower Jamie Campbell Bower Young Earl of Oxford
  • Rhys Ifans Rhys Ifans Edward de Vere
  • David Thewlis David Thewlis William Cecil
  • Joely Richardson Joely Richardson Princess Elizabeth Tudor
  • Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave Queen Elizabeth I
  • Sebastian Armesto Sebastian Armesto Ben Jonson
  • Rafe Spall Rafe Spall William Shakespeare
  • Edward Hogg Edward Hogg Robert Cecil
  • Xavier Samuel Xavier Samuel Earl of Southampton
  • Sam Reid Sam Reid Earl of Essex
  • Paolo De Vita Paolo De Vita Francesco
  • Trystan Gravelle Trystan Gravelle Christopher Marlowe
  • Robert Emms Robert Emms Thomas Dekker
  • Tony Way Tony Way Thomas Nashe
  • Julian Bleach Julian Bleach Captain Richard Pole
  • Derek Jacobi Derek Jacobi Prologue
  • Alex Hassell Alex Hassell Spencer
  • James Garnon James Garnon John Heminge

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