Watch Shakespeare in Love (1998) Free Online

Release Date: 1998

Cast: Patrick Barlow, Colin Firth, Steven Beard, Simon Callow, Mark Williams, Joseph Fiennes, Jill Baker, Jim Carter, Antony Sher, Sandra Reinton, Martin Clunes, David Curtiz ...MORE

Cast: Patrick Barlow, Colin Firth, Steven Beard, Simon Callow, Mark Williams, Joseph Fiennes, Jill Baker, Jim Carter, Antony Sher, Sandra Reinton, Martin Clunes, David Curtiz, Steven O'Donnell, Tom Wilkinson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Tim McMullan, Imelda Staunton, Judi Dench, Nicholas Boulton, Geoffrey Rush ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Period Piece, Romance Film, Comedy-Drama, Drama Film, Romantic Drama, Costume Drama, Comedy, Romantic Comedy

Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard. The film depicts a love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) at the time that he was writing the play Romeo and Juliet. The story is fiction, though several of the characters are based on real people. In addition, many of the characters, lines, and plot devices are references to Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare in Love won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (for Gwyneth Paltrow), and Best Supporting... MORE

Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard. The film depicts a love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) at the time that he was writing the play Romeo and Juliet. The story is fiction, though several of the characters are based on real people. In addition, many of the characters, lines, and plot devices are references to Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare in Love won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (for Gwyneth Paltrow), and Best Supporting Actress (for Judi Dench). William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is a poor playwright for Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush), owner of The Rose Theatre, in 1593 London. After learning that his love was cheating on him with his patron, Shakespeare burns his new comedy, Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter, rewriting it as the tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Suffering from writer's block, he is unable to complete the play, but begins auditions for Romeo. A young man named Thomas Kent is cast in the role after impressing Shakespeare with his performance and his love of Shakespeare's previous work. Kent is LESS