Shakespeare in Love
Love is the only inspiration.
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). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Director John Madden
Trailer
Cast
Tim McMullan
Frees
Antony Sher
Dr. Moth
Mark Williams
Wabash
Robin Davies
Master Plum
Colin Firth
Lord Wessex
Nicholas Le Prevost
Sir Robert De Lesseps
Rebecca Charles
Chambermaid
Bob Barrett
George Bryan
Roger Frost
Second Taxi Boatman
Joseph Fiennes
Will Shakespeare
Tom Wilkinson
Hugh Fennyman
Ben Affleck
Ned Alleyn
Martin Clunes
Richard Burbage
Jill Baker
Lady De Lesseps
Rupert Farley
Barman
Lucy Speed
Second Whore
John Ramm
Makepeace's Neighbour
Geoffrey Rush
Philip Henslowe
Imelda Staunton
Nurse
Jim Carter
Ralph Bashford
Joe Roberts
John Webster
Paul Bigley
Peter
Patrick Barlow
Will Kempe
John Inman
Lady Capulet in Play
Nicholas Boulton
Henry Condell
Gregor Truter
James Hemmings
Daniel Brocklebank
Sam Gosse
Simon Callow
Tilney
Georgie Glen
Lady in Waiting
Hywel Simons
Servant
Timothy Kightley
Edward Pope
Steven O'Donnell
Lambert
Barnaby Kay
Nol
Simon Day
Taxi boatman
Judi Dench
Queen Elizabeth
Roger Morlidge
James Armitage
Gwyneth Paltrow
Viola De Lesseps
Rupert Everett
Christopher Marlowe