Shakespeare In Love |
John Madden / 1998 / USA / cert.15 / with Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Ben Affleck, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench |
From an ingeniously witty Oscar winning screen-play by one-time Evening Post journo Tom Stoppard, this comic period romp features young Will Shakespeare dashing round 16th Century London searching for ideas for a play called Romeo and Juliet whilst evading money-lenders. Meanwhile a stage-struck noblewoman (Paltrow) disguises herself as a man in order to be in the show. Love and farce ensue.
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