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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
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