Set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the story of Anonymous speculates on a question that has been on the minds of academics and geniuses like Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and Sigmund Freud for centuries: who is really the author of the work attributed to William Shakespeare? Scholars have debated it persistently, many books have been written about it, and scholars have devoted their lives to defending or denying theories about the identity of the author of English literature's most acclaimed work.
Anonymous offers one possible version of their interpretation, focusing on a time when political scandals and intrigue, secret romances at the royal court, and the insidious schemes of greedy nobles eager for the throne came to light in the most surprising of places: the London stage.
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