Anonymous
“Was Shakespeare a Fraud?”
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.
Genres
Drama, History, Thriller
Studio
Centropolis Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How Anonymous performed
Budget
$30.0M
Worldwide Gross
$15.4M
Gross Profit
−$14.6M
Return
0.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Young Earl of Oxford
Jamie Campbell Bower
Young Earl of Oxford
Edward de Vere
Rhys Ifans
Edward de Vere
William Cecil
David Thewlis
William Cecil
Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Joely Richardson
Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Queen Elizabeth I
Vanessa Redgrave
Queen Elizabeth I
Ben Jonson
Sebastian Armesto
Ben Jonson
William Shakespeare
Rafe Spall
William Shakespeare
Robert Cecil
Edward Hogg
Robert Cecil
Earl of Southampton
Xavier Samuel
Earl of Southampton
Earl of Essex
Sam Reid
Earl of Essex
Francesco
Paolo De Vita
Francesco
Christopher Marlowe
Trystan Gravelle
Christopher Marlowe
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