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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.

Drama History Thriller

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)

Ned Dennehy

(Interrogator)

John Keogh

(Philip Henslowe)

Lloyd Hutchinson

(Richard Burbage)

Vicky Krieps

(Bessie Vavasour)

Helen Baxendale

(Anne De Vere)

Paula Schramm

(Bridget De Vere)

Amy Kwolek

(Young Anne De Vere)

Luke Thomas Taylor

(Boy Earl of Oxford)

Isaiah Michalski

(Boy Robert Cecil)

Timo Huber

(Boy Earl of Southampton)

Richard Durden

(Archbishop)

Shaun Lawton

(Footman)

Detlef Bothe

(John De Vere)

James Clyde

(King James I)

Christian Sengewald

(Cecil's Spy Servant)

Jean-Loup Fourure

(Monsieur Beaulieu)

Viktoria Gabrysch

(Buxom Lady)

Axel Sichrovsky

(Essex General)

Katrin Pollitt

(Lady-in-Waiting)

Patricia Grove

(Lady-in-Waiting)

Laura Lo Zito

(Selling Maid)

Gode Benedix

(Groundling)

Nic Romm

(Usher)

Henry Lloyd-Hughes

(Bear Baiter)

Patrick Diemling

(Oxford's Servant)

Patrick Heyn

(Oxford's Doctor)

Nino Sandow

(Stage Manager (New York))

Craig Salisbury

(Dwarf / Puck)

Rainer Guldener

(Quince)

Trystan Pütter

(Bottom)

André Kaczmarczyk

(Titania)

Jonas Hämmerle

(Child Oberon)

Mike Maas

(Pole's Commander)

Christian Leonard

(Stage Player: Shakespeare Company)

Christian Banzhaf

(Stage Player: Shakespeare Company)

Victoria Calero

(Stage Player: Shakespeare Company)

Martin Engler

(Stage Player: Shakespeare Company)

Alfred Hartung

(Stage Player: Shakespeare Company)

Oliver Kube

(Stage Player: Shakespeare Company)

Christian Ludwig

(Stage Player: Shakespeare Company)

Oliver Rickenbacher

(Stage Player: Shakespeare Company)

Claudius von Stolzmann

(Stage Player: Shakespeare Company)

Tjadke Biallowons

(Dancer)

Dafne-Maria Fielder

(Dancer)

Alexander Flache

(Dancer)

Antonia Gerke

(Dancer)

Sophie Hichert

(Dancer)

Vera Kreyer

(Dancer)

Stefanie Lanius

(Dancer)

Urban Luig

(Dancer)

Jasmin Mehling

(Dancer)

Elisabeth Milarch

(Dancer)

Robert Munzinger

(Dancer)

Benjamin Plath

(Dancer)

Erik Studte

(Dancer)

Johann Hakob Wurster

(Dancer)

Steffi Sattler

(First Lady to King James I (uncredited))