

"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.
Young Earl of Oxford

Edward de Vere

William Cecil

Princess Elizabeth Tudor

Queen Elizabeth I

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

Robert Cecil

Earl of Southampton

Earl of Essex

Francesco

Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Dekker

Thomas Nashe

Captain Richard Pole

Prologue

Spencer

John Heminge

Condell

Pope

Interrogator

Philip Henslowe

Richard Burbage

Bessie Vavasour

Anne De Vere

Bridget De Vere

Young Anne De Vere
Boy Earl of Oxford
Boy Robert Cecil
Boy Earl of Southampton
Archbishop

Footman

John De Vere

King James I

Cecil's Spy Servant

Monsieur Beaulieu
Buxom Lady
Essex General

Lady-in-Waiting

Lady-in-Waiting
Selling Maid

Groundling

Usher

Bear Baiter

Oxford's Servant

Oxford's Doctor

Stage Manager (New York)

Dwarf / Puck
Quince
Bottom

Titania

Child Oberon

Pole's Commander

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

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First Lady to King James I (uncredited)