Shakespeare in Love
Directed by John Madden
It is the summer of 1593, and the rising young star of London’s theatre scene, Will Shakespeare, faces a scourge like no other: a paralyzing bout of writer’s block. What Will needs is a muse – and it comes in the form of Lady Viola, who is desperate to become an actor at a time when women were forbidden from doing so. In a whirl of mistaken identities, mixed-up messages, and misbegotten desires, Will Shakespeare searches for a resolution not only to his play but also to his own undying passion.
Playwright William Shakespeare is young, out of ideas, and short of cash, until he meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson