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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.

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  Jamie Campbell Bower

  Young Earl of Oxford
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  Rhys Ifans

  Edward de Vere
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  David Thewlis

  William Cecil
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  Joely Richardson

  Princess Elizabeth Tudor
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  Vanessa Redgrave

  Queen Elizabeth I
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  Sebastian Armesto

  Ben Jonson
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  Rafe Spall

  William Shakespeare
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  Edward Hogg

  Robert Cecil
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  Xavier Samuel

  Earl of Southampton
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  Sam Reid

  Earl of Essex