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Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 motion picture. In this dramatic comedy/romance, William Shakespeare is portrayed as a young, struggling playwright, plagued by money shortages, problems with women, and writer's block. Some of the characters and their lines are references to lines and characters in real Shakespeare plays -- implying that these inspire the film's Shakespeare later in life. Most of the film's major plot devices are also taken from Shakespeare.

The film is largely fictional, although it is based around several actual historical characters.

Cast

Joseph Fiennes
: William Shakespeare
Gwyneth Paltrow
: Viola De Lesseps
Geoffrey Rush
: Philip Henslowe
Tom Wilkinson
: Hugh Fennyman
Judi Dench
: Queen Elizabeth I
Colin Firth
: Lord Wessex
Martin Clunes
: Richard Burbage
Simon Callow
: Edmund Tilney, Master of the Revels
Imelda Staunton
: Nurse
Ben Affleck
: Ned Alleyn
Rupert Everett
: Christopher Marlowe
Joe Roberts: John Webster

Plot

At an audition for a play—"Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter"—that he actually has not yet written a word of, young William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) admires the talent of a new actor, Thomas Kent, who quickly runs away. Shakespeare meets Viola de Lesseps (played by Gwyneth Paltrow), who lives in the same house as Kent, and promptly falls in love with her, inspiring him to begin writing his play again. By the time Will realizes that Viola and Thomas are the same person, she is promised in a marriage to Lord Wessex (Colin Firth) approved of by Queen Elizabeth herself (Judi Dench). But the couple find themselves unable to avoid a clandestine affair, and even risk the wrath of the law against women being on stage by having Viola intend to play the part of Romeo, although she eventually takes the part of Juliet, when the original actor's voice changes in the play that by now has been renamed Romeo and Juliet. This seemingly new play is the result of the events surrounding Shakespeare and Viola during their relationship. At the conclusion of the play, the Queen applauds the abilities of both writer and "actor," but orders that Viola rejoin her husband, who is about to move to America.

On release, the film was compared with the 1941 novel No Bed for Bacon, by Caryl Brahms and S J Simon, which also features Shakespeare writing his plays.

Awards

Winnings

Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Actress
- Gwyneth Paltrow
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Judi Dench
Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Martin Childs & Jill Quertier
Academy Award for Costume Design - Sandy Powell
Academy Award for Original Music Score - Stephen Warbeck
Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay - Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard
BAFTA Award for Best Film
BAFTA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Judi Dench
BAFTA Award for Best Editing - David Gamble
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy - Gwyneth Paltrow
Golden Globe Award Best Screenplay - Comedy/Musical Film - Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay - Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard

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Actors - Shakespeare in Love

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