Shakespeare in Love

Synopsis: Feature film. A comic drama in which William Shakespeare is portrayed as a young writer who is struggling financially and, envious of a rival, meets an aspiring actress who dresses as a boy to work in theatre; she cures Shakespeare’s writer’s block and inspires Romeo and Juliet.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film; Video; DVD. 199 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 119 min.
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1998
Year of production: 1998
Availability: Sale; 2004 sale: £5.99 (inclusive) (video) 2004 sale: £17.99 (inclusive) (wide-screen video) 2004 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) (DVD)
Notes: The DVD version includes a documentary on the making of the film entitled SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE AND ON FILM, director’s commentary, cast and crew commentary, deleted scenes, costume gallery and theatrical trailer. Also available in wide-screen video.

Estimated budget - $25 million.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: biographies; Elizabethan drama; gender representation; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Cross-dressing
Related items: Movie Connections [15/10/2007]; Shakespeare in Love; Shakespeare in Love; Tom Stoppard

Director

John Madden

Producer

Cinematographer

Writer

Screenplay

Music

Costume

Art Direction

Cast

Name: 4 Front Video
Phone: 020 7079 6000
Fax: 020 7079 6524
Address: Universal Pictures Video
Prospect House
Third Floor
80-110 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1HB

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