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Was Shakespeare a Fraud?

2011★ 6.4 · 7982h 10mDramaHistoryThriller

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

David Thewlis
as William Cecil

Jamie Campbell Bower
as Young Earl of Oxford

Rhys Ifans
as Edward de Vere

Sam Reid
as Earl of Essex

Joely Richardson
as Princess Elizabeth Tudor

Rafe Spall
as William Shakespeare

Derek Jacobi
as Prologue

Ned Dennehy
as Interrogator

Mark Rylance
as Condell

Vicky Krieps
as Bessie Vavasour

Vanessa Redgrave
as Queen Elizabeth I

Xavier Samuel
as Earl of Southampton

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Release date: 2011-10-21

Budget: $30,000,000

Revenue: $15,395,087

Runtime: 2h 10m

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DramaHistoryThriller

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