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Shakespeare in Love is a play by Lee Hall adapted from the 1998 film of the same title by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.
Ralph: An actor who plays Nurse and Petruchio. Nol: An actor who plays Benvolio and Samson. Robin: An actor who plays Lady Capulet. Adam: An actor who plays Gregory, Benvolio, and Servingman. John Webster: A street urchin who aspires to be an actor. Wabash: A stammering actor and Henslowe’s tailor.
Plot. Act 1, Scene 1 - Will’s Garret. William Shakespeare sits at his desk surrounded by the entire ensemble. He is trying to write a sonnet but is suffering from writer’s block. Christopher Marlowe, referred to by Shakespeare as Kit, steps out of the ensemble and asks Shakespeare why he isn’t writing a play.
Lord Wessex has decided to marry Viola in two weeks and take her to the Colony of Virginia. Viola-as-Thomas delivers a letter to Will from Viola-as-Viola forbidding him from pursuing their relationship further. If you know anything about Shakespeare, it's that he loves him some forbidden love.
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Shakespeare in Love, a fictional account of the life that inspired the art-Romeo and Juliet, is an excellent and lamentable original screenplay by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, its every word and staged action a tribute to the Bard.
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