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
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $289M
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Cast
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Shakespeare in Love returned 11.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $289M
- Release date
- Dec 11, 1998
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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