Shakespeare in Love

It is the summer of 1593, and the rising young star of London’s theatre scene, Will Shakespeare, faces a scourge life like no other: a paralyzing bout of writer’s block. No matter how he tries, and despite pressure from financiers and theatre owners, he just can’t seem to work up any enthusiasm for his latest play. What Will needs is a muse – and it comes in the form of Lady Viola, who is desperate to become an actor at a time when women were forbidden from doing so. Now Will’s quill again begins to flow, this time turning love into words, as Viola becomes his real-life Juliet and Romeo finds his reason to exist. In a whirl of mistaken identities, mixed-up messages and misbegotten desires – between bawdy brawls, duels with jealous husbands and dangerous kisses – Will Shakespeare searches for a resolution not only to his play but to his own undying passion.