Anonymous
Oct 21, 2011 | IMDB 6.4
130 min Watch NowDrama, History, Thriller
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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