Story about Shakespeare in Love / 莎翁情史 / 恋爱中的莎士比亚 / 写我深情
A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inpired to write o...
A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inpired to write one of his most famous plays.
Will Shakespeare is a known but struggling poet, playwright and actor who not only has sold his next play to both Philip Henlow and Richard Burbidge but now faces a far more difficult problem: he is bereft of ideas and has yet to begin writing. He is in search of his muse, the woman who will inpire him but all attempts fail him until he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps. She loves the theatre and would like nothing more than to take to the stage but is forbidden from doing so as only men can be actor. She is also a great admirer of Shakespeare's works. Dressing as a man and going by the name of Thomas Kent, she audition and is ideal for a part in his next play. Shakespeare soon see through her disguise and they begin a love affair, one they know cannot end happily for them as he is already married and she has been promised to the dour Lord Wessex. As the company reheares his new play, Will and Viola's love is tranferred to the written page leading to the masterpiece that is ...
