Shakespeare in Love

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.

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1998 - Motion picture - Comedy/romance - William Shakespeare - Writer's block - Plot

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It should be noted that the movie is largely fictional, although it features several historical figures, and is indeed often inconsistent with the historical records (for instance, the colonization of North America by the English did not begin until 1584 and Romeo and Juliet was largely written by 1596 or 1597). Similar historical inaccuracies, however, also feature in Shakespeare's plays, and thus could be considered appropriate in the film's context.

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1584 - Romeo and Juliet - 1596 - 1597

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