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Anonymous

21 Oct 2011 2h 10min 12A 6.4/10 (822) EN

“Was Shakespeare a Fraud?”

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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Director
Roland Emmerich
Writer
John Orloff
Music
Harald Kloser, Thomas Wander
Cinematography
Anna Foerster
Editing
Peter R. Adam
Producer
Robert Leger, Roland Emmerich, Larry Franco
Countries
United States, United Kingdom

Cast

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

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