
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
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
First Lady to King James I (uncredited)
Writer

Director

Co-Producer
Casting
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Art Department Coordinator

Executive Producer

Art Direction
Post Production Supervisor

Co-Producer

Costume Design
Unit Production Manager

Line Producer
Executive Producer
Script Supervisor
Art Direction
Supervising Art Director
Title Designer
Title Designer
Editor

Co-Producer

Co-Producer
Casting

Producer

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography
Production Coordinator
Production Coordinator
Producer
Production Design
Art Direction

Producer

Compositing Artist

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.