Shakespeare in Love
Bard's fictional affair
Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 romantic comedy film imagining a fictional love affair between young William Shakespeare and a noblewoman, which inspires him to write *Romeo and Juliet*.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture and is remembered for its witty interweaving of Elizabethan theater history with romantic comedy conventions: We watched Shakespeare in Love on our anniversary.
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- Queen ElizabethBritish crown wearer
- PaltrowActress turned entrepreneur
- RomeoArdent male lover
- JulietFemale name, phonetic J
Gwyneth · star crossed · quill · sonnet · blank verse · theater · Globe · iambic · bard · costume · doublet · courtship · love letter · forbidden · muse · playhouse · stage play · theatrical performance
- Oscar WinnersTitanic, Forrest Gump, The Godfather, Gladiator, Schindler's List
- Miramax FilmsPulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, The English Patient, Kill Bill, The Crying Game
- Elizabeth I filmsElizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench
- Stage MoviesA Chorus Line, All That Jazz, Cabaret, Chicago, West Side Story
- Period SatireBlackadder, Monty Python, Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Blazing Saddles
- StoppardArcadia, Jumpers
Shakespeare, lovers, lovable, loveless, lovely, unloved, beloved