Anonymous

"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."

Cast

Jamie Campbell Bower

as Young Earl of Oxford

Rhys Ifans

as Edward de Vere

David Thewlis

as William Cecil

Joely Richardson

as Princess Elizabeth Tudor

Vanessa Redgrave

as Queen Elizabeth I

Sebastian Armesto

as Ben Jonson

Rafe Spall

as William Shakespeare

Edward Hogg

as Robert Cecil

Xavier Samuel

as Earl of Southampton

Sam Reid

as Earl of Essex

Paolo De Vita

as Francesco

Trystan Gravelle

as Christopher Marlowe

Robert Emms

as Thomas Dekker

Tony Way

as Thomas Nashe

Julian Bleach

as Captain Richard Pole

Derek Jacobi

as Prologue

Alex Hassell

as Spencer

James Garnon

as John Heminge

Mark Rylance

as Condell

Jasper Britton

as Pope

Ned Dennehy

as Interrogator

John Keogh

as Philip Henslowe

Lloyd Hutchinson

as Richard Burbage

Vicky Krieps

as Bessie Vavasour

Helen Baxendale

as Anne De Vere

Paula Schramm

as Bridget De Vere

Amy Kwolek

as Young Anne De Vere

Luke Thomas Taylor

as Boy Earl of Oxford

Isaiah Michalski

as Boy Robert Cecil

Timo Huber

as Boy Earl of Southampton

Richard Durden

as Archbishop

Shaun Lawton

as Footman

Detlef Bothe

as John De Vere

James Clyde

as King James I

Christian Sengewald

as Cecil's Spy Servant

Jean-Loup Fourure

as Monsieur Beaulieu

Viktoria Gabrysch

as Buxom Lady

Axel Sichrovsky

as Essex General

Katrin Pollitt

as Lady-in-Waiting

Patricia Grove

as Lady-in-Waiting

Laura Lo Zito

as Selling Maid

Gode Benedix

as Groundling

Nic Romm

as Usher

Henry Lloyd-Hughes

as Bear Baiter

Patrick Diemling

as Oxford's Servant

Patrick Heyn

as Oxford's Doctor

Nino Sandow

as Stage Manager (New York)

Craig Salisbury

as Dwarf / Puck

Rainer Guldener

as Quince

Trystan Pütter

as Bottom

André Kaczmarczyk

as Titania

Jonas Hämmerle

as Child Oberon