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“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.
Directed by Roland Emmerich, Marc Weigert, Volker Engel
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User score
801 votes
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Status
Released
Released
October 21, 2011
Runtime
2h 10m
Language
English
Budget → Revenue
$30M → $15.4M
Top 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
