Anonymous 2011 Movie

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her. More details

Directors

Roland Emmerich

Cast

Rhys Ifans Vanessa Redgrave Sebastian Armesto Rafe Spall

Tags

drama thriller conspiracy theory william shakespeare character elizabeth i character historical fiction earl of oxford queen incest 16th century year 1601 drunkenness tower of london globe playhouse london male nudity caricature prison wedding rain poetry betrayal prologue london england actor theatre writing writer playwright ben jonson character sir william cecil character hedge maze nonlinear timeline earl of essex character king james i character manuscript male rear nudity queen elizabeth i play rebellion flashback author cover up incestuous sex accidental incest mother son incest crowd control handheld mirror reference to eastward ho horseback riding kissing while having sex political unrest thrown into the street abandonment filicide mother murders son massacre implied incest throwing garbage at an actor bookend scenes epilogue spotlight reference to bosworth field amnesty voice over narration reference to agincourt cross hissing oarsman tolling bell picnic cane death of queen reference to venus the roman goddess book dropping a tray lifting someone into the air ghost reference to edward de vere flashback within a flashback within a flashback expose reference to shakespeare's romeo and juliet betting line of succession succession to the throne dwarf midget plague umbrella king philip ii of spain reference to the muses reference to shakespeare's henry v candle chandelier candle chandelier literature reference to edinburgh stratford upon avon crying bridge messenger reference to richard burbage giving a toast coat of arms whispering powder puff shooting shot in the back musket treason ambush executioner traitor printing press publishing banishment fraud coronation crown execution beheading snow strangulation pain torture blackmail bribery castle mourning horse and carriage reference to mary queen of scots prostitute bare butt nudity hunchback reference to shakespeare's richard iii leg wound booing song singing singer puritan reference to homer reference to plato greek father daughter relationship illegitimate son protestant catholic assassination threat bag of money punta reversa punta supramano pregnancy privy council theatre box cannon tent stabbed in the leg imitating a horse british soldier rose tudor rose breaking down a door dead body french earl of southhampton reference to philip henslowe goblet freedom dagger inheritance wedding ring bare chested male sex scene dog london skyline rowboat boat anonymity younger version of character jail cell jail flower reference to shoemaker's holiday the play marriage reference to everyman the play manhattan new york city broadway manhattan new york city new york city prayer chess spilled ink ink hiding behind a curtain hiding servant death murder stabbed through a curtain stabbing rhyme looking at oneself in a mirror mirror fake thunder thunder fencing scotsman heresy sedition applause girl boy horse husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship italian italy metaphor spain love kiss reference to shakespeare's julius caesar reference to shakespeare's twelfth night reference to shakespeare's macbeth reference to shakespeare's hamlet nobleman illiteracy reference to christopher marlowe money flashback within a flashback audience drinking drink ale tudor king reference to god reference to shakespeare's a midsummer night's dream dancing dancer musician ireland wales england british royalty royalty fireworks setting a theatre on fire theatre fire fire arson torch backstage face slap arrest controversy pursuit chase flash forward sword quill pen sonnet actress politics intrigue elizabethan era one word title political intrigue poet death of father shakespeare play badminton

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