
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)