All Is True

All Is True is a 2018 British historical film directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Ben Elton.

Shakespeare and Anne have a distant relationship, as he has spent most of their marriage working in London, and she is a down-to-earth country woman who cannot read or write.

The Shakespeares' elder daughter Susanna is married to a doctor named John Hall, who is a prominent Puritan in town.

Shakespeare terrifies her accuser by claiming that he knows an African actor who was once in love with Susanna and who would kill anyone who ruined her good name.

Anne is impressed by her husband's actions, especially as she knows that he was lying; the African actor was a gentle person who would never harm anyone.

Shakespeare's younger daughter, Judith (Hamnet's twin), is outspoken in her doubts about the role of women in Jacobean England.

Southampton cuts off the conversation and seems uncomfortable but as he leaves he also recites Sonnet 29, indicating to Shakespeare that he did have feelings for him.

Quiney's reputation is damaged when his former sweetheart gives birth to his illegitimate child and the baby and mother die during labour.

One day as a child, Judith told her brother that she was going to reveal the truth to their father, that Hamnet did not write the poems.

Although it is an emotional revelation, the truth allows Shakespeare to finally come to terms with his son's death and to accept a more honest memory of the boy.

[9][10] Dorney Court, a grade I listed Tudor manor house in Buckinghamshire, was a filming location.

The website's critics consensus reads, "Impressively cast and beautifully filmed, All Is True takes an elegiac look at Shakespeare's final days.