Anonymous (2011)

10/28/2011 2h 10m

Was Shakespeare a Fraud?

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Overview

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 Ages at Release

Jamie Campbell Bower

as Young Earl of Oxford

Born 11/22/1988, age

Rhys Ifans

as Edward de Vere

Born 07/22/1967, age

David Thewlis

as William Cecil

Born 03/20/1963, age

Joely Richardson

as Princess Elizabeth Tudor

Born 01/09/1965, age

Vanessa Redgrave

as Queen Elizabeth I

Born 01/30/1937, age

Rafe Spall

as William Shakespeare

Born 03/10/1983, age

Xavier Samuel

as Earl of Southampton

Born 12/10/1983, age

Sam Reid

as Earl of Essex

Born 02/19/1987, age

Derek Jacobi

as Prologue

Born 10/22/1938, age

Alex Hassell

as Spencer

Born 09/17/1980, age

Mark Rylance

as Condell

Born 01/18/1960, age

Ned Dennehy

as Interrogator

Born 12/08/1965, age

Vicky Krieps

as Bessie Vavasour

Born 10/04/1983, age

Richard Durden

as Archbishop

Born 02/08/1944, age

Detlef Bothe

as John De Vere

Born 07/24/1965, age

Nic Romm

as Usher

Born 01/01/1974, age

Trystan Pütter

as Bottom

Born 12/11/1980, age

Jonas Hämmerle

as Child Oberon

Born 01/04/1998, age