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.
as Young Earl of Oxford
as Edward de Vere
as William Cecil
as Princess Elizabeth Tudor
as Queen Elizabeth I
as Ben Jonson
as William Shakespeare
as Robert Cecil
as Earl of Southampton
as Earl of Essex
as Francesco
as Christopher Marlowe
as Thomas Dekker
as Thomas Nashe
as Captain Richard Pole
as Prologue
as Spencer
as John Heminge
as Condell
as Pope
as Interrogator
as Philip Henslowe
as Richard Burbage
as Bessie Vavasour
as Anne De Vere
as Bridget De Vere
as Young Anne De Vere
as Boy Earl of Oxford
as Boy Robert Cecil
as Boy Earl of Southampton
as Archbishop
as Footman
as John De Vere
as King James I
as Cecil's Spy Servant
as Monsieur Beaulieu
as Buxom Lady
as Essex General
as Lady-in-Waiting
as Lady-in-Waiting
as Selling Maid
as Groundling
as Usher
as Bear Baiter
as Oxford's Servant
as Oxford's Doctor
as Stage Manager (New York)
as Dwarf / Puck
as Quince
as Bottom
as Titania
as Child Oberon
as Pole's Commander
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as First Lady to King James I (uncredited)
