The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes47%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
811 audience votes
Key crew
- Roland EmmerichDirector
- John OrloffWriter
- Harald KloserOriginal Music Composer
- Thomas WanderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jamie Campbell BowerYoung Earl of Oxford
- Rhys IfansEdward de Vere
- David ThewlisWilliam Cecil
- Joely RichardsonPrincess Elizabeth Tudor
- Vanessa RedgraveQueen Elizabeth I
- Sebastian ArmestoBen Jonson
- Rafe SpallWilliam Shakespeare
- Edward HoggRobert Cecil
- Xavier SamuelEarl of Southampton
- Sam ReidEarl of Essex
- Paolo De VitaFrancesco
- Trystan GravelleChristopher Marlowe
