Henry Barnes, Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard review The Comedian
November 2011
Reel history
Anonymous: tragedy or farce?
Reel history: Anonymous The outrageous liberties taken with history in this film about who really wrote Shakespeare's plays would be easier to swallow if it were witty and intelligent – forsooth it is not
October 2011
Our film Anonymous asks viewers to think for themselves about Shakespeare
John Orloff
Theatre blog
Out, damn'd conspiracy! Shakespeare was no fraud
Michael Dobson
Shakespeare film Anonymous has lost plot, says Stratford
Open thread
Is it OK for a film to rewrite history?
Open thread
September 2011
Theatre blog
Who wrote Shakespeare's plays – and does it matter?
Paul Edmonson: Roland Emmerich's Anonymous, screening at the Toronto film festival, is set to re-ignite Shakespearean conspiracy theories
June 2011
The unreasonable doubt of Roland Emmerich's Anonymous
John Crace: To B-movie or not to B-movie? For Roland Emmerich, whose new film Anonymous tackles ye olde Shakespeare authorship question, there was never a question