The movie world is back in love with Shakespeare again - or maybe not in the case of Roland Emmerich's ANONYMOUS which opens in the UK on Friday 28th October. 

The movie purports that someone other than William Shakespeare was the true author of his work and creates a cloak-and-dagger thriller that is a cross between Shakespeare in Love and The Da Vinci Code. Our friends at Sony Pictures have asked us to put a couple of clips on our website ...

The film is certainly beautifully made - here's the official trailer

Anonymous Trailer

And here is a clip of director Roland Emmerich arguing ten reasons why Shakespeare couldn't possibly be the true author ...

Roland Emmerich – 10 Reasons why Shakespeare did not write the plays

This link explains the argument about who wrote Shakespeare's works in more detail.

This is the link to the Anonymous Wikipedia page and explains the plot, lists the cast and highlights some of the inaccuracies in the argument .

And here are a few more links:

How many people were at that play?

I’m perfect for the role

Hamlet

My gift is a play

You have no voice

All art is political

You know he’s illiterate