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Shakespeare in Love

Country: UK, Language: English, 123 mins

  • Director: John Madden
  • Writer: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard
  • Producer: Linda Bruce; Mark Cooper

CGiii Comment

It won 7 Oscars...it should have won more.

It really is that good.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Will Shakespeare is a known but struggling poet, playwright and actor who not only has sold his next play to both Philip Henslow and Richard Burbidge but now faces a far more difficult problem: he is bereft of ideas and has yet to begin writing. He is in search of his muse, the woman who will inspire him but all attempts fail him until he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps. She loves the theatre and would like nothing more than to take to the stage but is forbidden from doing so as only men can be actors. She is also a great admirer of Shakespeare's works. Dressing as a man and going by the name of Thomas Kent, she auditions and is ideal for a part in his next play. Shakespeare soon sees through her disguise and they begin a love affair, one they know cannot end happily for them as he is already married and she has been promised to the dour Lord Wessex.

Cast & Characters

Geoffrey Rush as Philip Henslowe;
Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Fennyman;
Steven O'Donnell as Lambert;
Tim McMullan as Frees;
Joseph Fiennes as Will Shakespeare;
Steven Beard as Makepeace - the Preacher;
Antony Sher as Dr. Moth;
Patrick Barlow as Will Kempe;
Martin Clunes as Richard Burbage;
Sandra Reinton as Rosaline;
Simon Callow as Tilney - Master of the Revels;
Judi Dench as Queen Elizabeth;
Bridget McConnell as Lady in Waiting;
Georgie Glen as Lady in Waiting;
Nicholas Boulton as Henry Condell