Edward de Vere
Rhys Ifans
17th Earl of Oxford.
2011
2h 10m
Anonymous
Directed by
Roland Emmerich
A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.
A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.
Cast 10
William Cecil
David Thewlis
1st Baron Burghley, longtime adviser to Queen Elizabeth. De Vere came to live in his household as...
Queen Elizabeth I
Vanessa Redgrave
The queen of England.
Ben Jonson
Sebastian Armesto
A poet and playwrite.
William Shakespeare
Rafe Spall
The famous playwrite.
Robert Cecil
Edward Hogg
1st Earl of Salisbury, William Cecil's son and successor
Henry Wriothesley
Xavier Samuel
3rd Earl of Southampton, dedicatee of Shakespeare's narrative poems and possible focus of his son...
Robert Devereux
Sam Reid
2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason
Francesco
Paolo De Vita
Servant to the Earl of Oxford.
Christopher Marlowe
Trystan Gravelle
A poet and dramatist.