Shakespeare In Love
‘SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE’ is a play with music adapted for the stage by Lee Hall. Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard.
Penniless and indebted to two demanding producers, struggling young playwright William Shakespeare is tormented by writers block until he meets the beautiful Viola De Lesseps, whose fiery passion for poetry and drama leaves her secretly longing to be an actor. Both are despondent when they learn that Viola’s father has promised her to Lord Wessex in order to gain a title for their family.
Under the veil of secrecy, Will and Viola’s passionate love affair becomes the basis of the very play he is writing – Romeo & Juliet.
With opening night – and the wedding day – fast approaching, the plots race toward a parallel conclusion.
Will it all work out in the end? Or are the two star crossed lovers destined for tragedy?
