Shakespeare in Love

About Shakespeare in Love

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title).

John Madden's Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 comedy history film. Joseph Fiennes stars as Will Shakespeare, Gwyneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps, Geoffrey Rush as Philip Henslowe, and Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Fennyman.

It runs 124 minutes and was released in December 1998. Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. It was produced by Bedford Falls Productions.

Members will find 16th century, theater play, cross dressing, and playwright in it. American members can watch it on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, and Paramount Plus Essential. It scores 6.8 out of 10 from 3,290 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Phantom Thread, Finding Neverland, and Mary Queen of Scots make useful companions to Shakespeare in Love, all filed under romantic.