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Overview

Date of Birth:
12 April 1550, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England more
Date of Death:
24 June 1604, London, England more
Mini Biography:
The 17th Earl of Oxford, hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England... more
Trivia:
In March 1581, Anne Vavasour, another of the Queen's Ladies, bore him a son... more
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Filmography



Writer:
  1. Who Wrote Shakespeare's Works? (1990) (TV) (poem "Revenge of Wrong")
    ... aka Uncovering Shakespeare: An Update (USA: closing credits title)

Additional Details

Other Works:
Author of the dedication to Bartholomew Clerke's 1571 translation of Baldissare Castiglione's "The Courtier," and the preface to Thomas Bedingfield's 1573 translation of Jerome Cardan's "Cardanus Comforte" (thought by many scholars, with its parallels to the 'To be or not to be' soliloquy, to be the book Hamlet enters reading in the play). De Vere's early poetry and songs include "Love Thy Choice," a sonnet written in the Shakespearean form. Many now believe that Edward de Vere wrote the Shakespearean plays and poems under the pen-name William Shakespeare. more

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