A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

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Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves

William Shakespeare

Tom Sturridge
Tom Sturridge

William Herbert

Indira Varma
Indira Varma

Lucie "The dark lady"

Zoë Wanamaker
Zoë Wanamaker

Countess of Pembroke

Anna Chancellor
Anna Chancellor

Anne Hathaway

Andrew Tiernan
Andrew Tiernan

Ben Jonson

Nicky Henson
Nicky Henson

John Shakespeare

Alan Williams
Alan Williams

George Wilkin

Nicholas Rowe
Nicholas Rowe

Richard Burbage

Tom Hiddleston
Tom Hiddleston

John Hall

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