Nothing Is Truer Than Truth (2018)

Nothing Is Truer Than Truth: Directed by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan. With Derek Jacobi, Gregory Paul Martin, Tina Packer, Diane Paulus. NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and a half in Venice and traveling in Europe, learning about commedia dell’arte and collecting the experiences that would become the Shakespeare plays. Shot in Venice, Verona, Mantua, Padua, and Brenta, the film ventures to actual sites De Vere visited in 1575-76, including the settings for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, OTHELLO, ROMEO u0026 JULIET, and TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. The film features renowned Shakespeare scholars, actors, and directors, including Sir Derek Jacobi, Mark Rylance, Tina Packer, and Diane Paulus, and argues that De Vere’s bisexuality is the reason for the pseudonym Shake-speare.

“Fascinating exploration of what I am now convinced can not be written off as coincidental parallels between the real life happenings of Edward de Vere, Lord Oxford, and the plays of Shakespeare. Follows the journey of the young de Vere through the courts of France and Italy. Even the passages of his bible lead us to what must be true.”