Storyline: Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A series of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare.
Top Billing Cast: Jamie Campbell Bower as Young Earl of Oxford Mark Rylance as Condell David Thewlis as William Cecil Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Bear Baiter
