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Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Name: Shakespeare in Love
Rating: 7.1

Romantic comedy

Tale about a fictional relationship between William Shakespeare and a young woman who poses as a man in order to star in one of the writer's plays. Suffering from writer's block, Shakespeare is in need of a new muse. He soon finds inspiration in the form of a beautiful female aristocrat, but her daring determination to act in his play puts their already forbidden relationship on even more dangerous ground.

IMDb7.1

Rotten Tomatoes92%

Country: USA
United Kingdom

Cast and crew

John MaddenDirector
Joseph FiennesWilliam Shakespeare
Gwyneth PaltrowViola De Lesseps
Geoffrey RushPhilip Henslowe
Judi DenchQueen Elizabeth
Simon CallowTilney, Master of the Revels
Colin FirthLord Wessex
Imelda StauntonNurse
Antony SherDr. Moth
Ben AffleckNed Alleyn
Tom WilkinsonHugh Fennyman
Jim CarterRalph Bashford
Martin ClunesRichard Burbage

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