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ShakespeareinLove

Theatricalreleaseposter

Directedby

JohnMadden

Producedby

DavidParfitt

DonnaGigliotti

HarveyWeinstein

EdwardZwick

MarcNorman

Writtenby

MarcNorman

TomStoppard

Starring

GwynethPaltrow

JosephFiennes

ColinFirth

BenAffleck

GeoffreyRush

JudiDench

TomWilkinson

RupertEverett

ImeldaStaunton

Musicby

StephenWarbeck

Cinematography

RichardGreatrex

Editingby

DavidGamble

Distributedby

MiramaxFilms（US）

AllianceAtlantis（CAN）

UniversalStudios（non-USA/CAN）

Releasedate（s）

December3,1998 （1998-12-03）（US）

January29,1999 （1999-01-29）（UK）

Runningtime

123minutes

Country

UnitedKingdom

UnitedStates

Language

English

Budget

$25million

Boxoffice

$289,317,794

ShakespeareinLoveisa1998British-AmericancomedyfilmdirectedbyJohnMaddenandwrittenbyMarcNormanandplaywrightTomStoppard.

ThefilmdepictsaloveaffairinvolvingplaywrightWilliamShakespeare（JosephFiennes）atthetimethathewaswritingtheplayRomeoandJuliet.Thestoryisfiction,thoughseveralofthecharactersarebasedonrealpeople.Inaddition,manyofthecharacters,lines,andplotdevicesarereferencestoShakespeare'splays.

ShakespeareinLovewonsevenAcademyAwards,includingBestPicture,BestActress（forGwynethPaltrow）,andBestSupportingActress（forJudiDench）.

Contents

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∙1Plot

∙2Cast

∙3Production

∙4ReferencestoShakespeare'swork

∙5ImpactontheBritishRoyalFamily

∙6Controversy

∙7Awardsandhonors

∙8Culturalinfluence

∙9Stageadaptation

∙10References

∙11Externallinks

[edit]Plot

WilliamShakespeare（JosephFiennes）isapoorplaywrightforPhilipHenslowe（GeoffreyRush）,ownerofTheRoseTheatre,in1593London.Afterlearningthathislovewascheatingonhimwithhispatron,Shakespeareburnshisnewcomedy,RomeoandEthel,thePirate'sDaughter,rewritingitasthetragedyRomeoandJuliet.Sufferingfromwriter'sblock,heisunabletocompletetheplay,butbeginsauditionsforRomeo.AyoungmannamedThomasKentiscastintheroleafterimpressingShakespearewithhisperformanceandhisloveofShakespeare'spreviouswork.KentisactuallyVioladeLesseps（GwynethPaltrow）,thedaughterofawealthymerchantwhodesirestoact,butwomenarebannedfromthestageandshemustdisguiseherself.

AfterShakespearediscovershisstar'strueidentity,heandViolabeginapassionatesecretaffair.Inspiredbyher,Shakespearewritesquickly,andbenefitsfromtheadviceofplaywrightandfriendlyrivalChristopher'Kit'Marlowe（RupertEverett）.ShakespeareandViolaknow,however,thattheirromanceisdoomed.Heismarried,albeitlongseparatedfromhiswife,whileViola'sparentshavearrangedherbetrothaltoLordWessex（ColinFirth）,anaristocratwhoneedsmoney.WhenViolaissummonedtothecourtofQueenElizabethI（JudiDench）,Shakespearedonsawoman'sdisguisetoaccompanyherashercousin.Atcourt,hepersuadesWessextobet£50thataplaycannotcapturethenatureoftruelove.IfRomeoandJulietisasuccess,Shakespeareasplaywrightwillwinthemoney.TheQueen,whoenjoysShakespeare'splays,agreestowitnessthewager.

EdmundTilney（SimonCallow）,theMasteroftheRevels,theQueen'sofficialinchargeofthetheatres,learnsthatthereisawomaninthetheatrecompanyatTheRoseplayhouse,andordersthetheatreclosedforviolatingmoralityandthelaw.Leftwithoutastageorleadactor,itseemsthatRomeoandJulietmustclosebeforeitevenopens,untilRichardBurbage（MartinClunes）,theownerofacompetingtheatre,theCurtain,offershisstagetoShakespeare.ShakespeareassumestheleadroleofRomeo,withaboyactorplayingJuliet.Violalearnsthattheplaywillbeperformedonherweddingday,andaftertheceremonysecretlytravelstothetheatre.Shortlybeforetheplaybegins,theboyplayingJulietstartsexperiencingthevoicechangeofpuberty.ViolareplaceshimandplaysJuliettoShakespeare'sRomeo.Theirpassionateportrayaloftwoloversinspirestheentireaudience.

TilneyarrivesatthetheatrewithWessex,whohasdeducedhisnewbride'slocation.Tilneyplanstoarresttheaudienceandcastforindecency,buttheQueenisinattendance.AlthoughsherecognizesViola,theQueendoesnotunmaskher,insteaddeclaringthattheroleofJulietisbeingperformedbyThomasKent.However,evenaqueenispowerlesstoendalawfulmarriage,sosheorders"Kent"tofetchViolasothatshemaysailwithWessextotheColonyofVirginia.TheQueenalsostatesthatRomeoandJuliethasaccuratelyportrayedtruelovesoWessexmustpayShakespeare£50,theexactamountShakespearerequirestobuyashareintheLordChamberlain'sMen.TheQueenthendirects"Kent"totellShakespearetowritesomething"alittlemorecheerfulnexttime,forTwelfthNight".

ViolaandShakespearepart,resignedtotheirfates.ThefilmclosesasShakespearebeginstowriteTwelfthNight,OrWhatYouWillimagininghislovewashedashoreinastrangelandafterashipwreckandmusing,"Forshewillbemyheroineforalltime,andhernamewillbe...Viola",astrongyoungwomancastawaywhodisguisesherselfasayoungman.

[edit]Cast

∙JosephFiennesasWilliamShakespeare

OtheractorsconsideredwereDanielDay-Lewis,whoreportedlywasaskedbyJuliaRobertsbutdeclined,andKennethBranagh.

∙GwynethPaltrowasVioladeLesseps

TherolewasoriginallytobeplayedbyJuliaRoberts,whowithdrewsixweeksbeforefilming.KateWinsletturneddowntheroletostarinHolySmoke!

;PaltrowwontheAcademyAwardforBestActressforherroleasViola.

∙ColinFirthasLordWessex

∙BenAffleckasNedAlleyn

Affleckreportedlyjoinedthecasttobeclosetothen-girlfriendGwynethPaltrow.[citationneeded]

∙GeoffreyRushasPhilipHenslowe

RushwasnominatedfortheAcademyAwardforBestSupportingActorforhisroleasPhilip,butlosttoJamesCoburn.

∙JudiDenchasQueenElizabethI

DenchwontheAcademyAwardforBestSupportingActressforherroleasQueenElizabeth.Thisisthesecond-shortestperformancetowintheSupportingActressOscar,withonlysixminutesofscreentime.Inthesameyear,CateBlanchettwasnominatedfortheAcademyAwardforBestActressinthesameroleinElizabethbutlosttoGwynethPaltrow.

∙TomWilkinsonasHughFennyman

∙RupertEverettasChristopher'Kit'Marlowe

∙ImeldaStauntonasNurse

∙AntonySherasDr.Moth

∙MartinClunesasRichardBurbage

∙SimonCallowasEdmundTilney

∙JimCarterasRalphBashford

∙JillBakerasLadydeLesseps

∙PatrickBarlowasWillKempe

∙MarkWilliamsasWabash

∙SimonDayasFirstBoatsman

∙JoeRobertsasJohnWebster

[edit]Production

TheoriginalideaforShakespeareinLovecametoscreenwriterMarcNormaninthelate1980s.HepitchedadraftscreenplaytodirectorEdwardZwick.ThescreenplayattractedJuliaRobertswhoagreedtoplayViola.However,ZwickdislikedNorman'sscreenplayandhiredtheplaywrightTomStoppardtoimproveit（Stoppard'sfirstmajorsuccesshadbeenwiththeShakespeare-influencedplayRosencrantz&GuildensternAreDead）.[1]

Thefilmwentintoproductionin1991atUniversalPictures,withZwickasdirector,butalthoughsetsandcostumeswereinconstruction,Shakespearehadnotyetbeencast,becauseJuliaRobertsinsistedthatonlyDanielDay-Lewiscouldplaytherole.Day-Lewiswasuninterested,andwhenRobertsfailedtopersuadehim,shewithdrewfromthefilm,sixweeksbeforeshootingwasduetobegin.Theproductionwentintoturnaround,andZwickwasunabletopersuadeotherstudiostotakeupthescreenplay.[2]

Eventually,ZwickinterestedMiramaxinthescreenplay,butMiramaxwasnotkeenonhimasdirector,andfrozehimoutoftheproject,choosingJohnMaddeninstead.MiramaxbossHarveyWeinsteinactedasproducer,andsuccessfullypersuadedBenAfflecktotakeasmallroleasNedAlleyn.[3]

Thefilmwasconsiderablyreworkedafterthefirsttestscreenings.ThescenewithShakespeareandViolainthepuntwasre-shot,tomakeitmoreemotional,andsomelineswerere-recordedtoclarifythereasonswhyViolahadtomarryWessex.Theendingwasreshotseveraltimes,untilStoppardeventuallycameupwiththeideaofViolasuggestingtoShakespearethattheirpartingcouldinspirehisnextplay.[4]

[edit]ReferencestoShakespeare'swork

ThemainsourceformuchoftheactioninthefilmisRomeoandJuliet.WillandViolaplayoutthefamousbalconyandbedroomscenes;likeJuliet,Violahasawittynurse,andisseparatedfromWillbyagulfofduty（althoughnotthefamilyenmityoftheplay:

the"twohouseholds"ofRomeoandJulietaresupposedlyinspiredbythetworivalplayhouses）.Inaddition,thetwoloversareequally"star-crossed"—theyarenotultimatelydestinedtobetogether（sinceViolaisofrichandsociallyambitiousmerchantstockandispromisedtomarryLordWessex,whileShakespearehimselfispoorandalreadymarried）.ThereisalsoaRosaline,withwhomWillisinloveatthebeginningofthefilm.

ManyotherplotdevicesusedinthefilmarecommoninvariousShakespeareancomediesandintheworksoftheotherplaywrightsoftheElizabethanera:

theQueendisguisedasacommoner,thecross-dressingdisguises,mistakenidentities,theswordfight,thesuspicionofadultery（or,atleast,cheating）,theappearanceofa"ghost"（cf.Macbeth）,andthe"playwithinaplay".

ThefilmalsohassequencesinwhichShakespeareandtheothercharactersutterwordsthatwilllaterappearinhisplays:

∙Onthestreet,ShakespearehearsaPuritanpreachingagainstthetwoLondons