TY - ADVS AU - Affleck,Ben AU - Madden,John AU - Dench,Judi AU - Norman,Marc AU - Stoppard,Tom AU - Parfitt,David AU - Paltrow,Gwyneth AU - Rush,Geoffrey AU - Fiennes,Joseph AU - Firth,Colin ED - Universal Pictures (Firm) TI - Shakespeare in love AV - PN1997 .S53 2004 U1 - 791.4372 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Australia PB - Universal Studios KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Feature films KW - Motion pictures, American KW - United States N1 - Censorship classification: M; First produced as a motion picture in the United States, 1998; Includes "Shakespeare in love and on film" - a documentary on the making of the movie (21 min), Feature commentary with director John Madden, Feature commentary with the cast and crew, US theatrical trailer, 21 TV spots (10 min.), Academy Award winning costume designs (3 min.), Deleted scenes (11 min.); Censorship classification: Recommended for mature audiences 15 years and over - medium level sex scenes; Producers, David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman ; writer, Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard ; director, John Madden; Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Antony Sher, Imelda Staunton, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Williams; Rated: MA15+; First produced as a motion picture in the United States, 1998 N2 - Shakespeare in Love is a romantic comedy for the 1990's, set in the 1590's, telling the witty, sexy story behind the creation of the greatest love story of them all - Romeo and Juliet. Young Will Shakespeare is the up and coming playwright of the time, but has been disastrously struck by the bane of the writer's life - writer's block. What Will needs is a muse - and she appears in the form of the beautiful (and betrothed) Lady Viola. The path of true love doesn't run smooth for Will, however - Viola is engaged to be married to the insufferable Lord Wessex at the command of Queen Elizabeth ER -