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One thing that stood out was the way they showed enough of the performance of Romeo and Juliet so that you could understand what the play is about, without making it a film of the play per se. This film shows that you can make a film of substance that is at the same time very entertaining. So many art house films manage to be merely pretentious, as if aimed at those that want to believe that they are having an intellectual experience rather than those who are really open to one. Although it is an art house flick of sorts, it manages to be profound and accessible at the same time. I am happy to say that the film lives up to the previews. I had high hopes for this film from the first time I saw the trailer. Then Rush says "By God, if you do not, who does? Let us have pirates, clowns and a happy ending and you'll make Harvey Weinstein a happy man." To Rushs question "How does the comedy end?" Fiennes replys "By God, I wish I knew".
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She is also a great admirer of Shakespeare's works. She loves the theatre and would like nothing more than to take to the stage, but is forbidden from doing so as only men can be actors.
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He is in search of his muse, the woman who will inspire him but all attempts fail him until he meets the beautiful Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow). pp. 113–116.William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is a known but struggling poet, playwright, and actor, who not only has sold his next play to both Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush) and Richard Burbage (Martin Clunes), but now faces a far more difficult problem: he is bereft of ideas and has yet to begin writing.
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^ (Inggris) Khoon Ka Khoon (1935) di IMDb.Great Britain: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., Enfield, Middlesex, 1986. The Guinness Book of Almost Everything You Didn't Need to Know About the Movies. ^ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46.(2002) Transatlantic Crossings: British Feature Films in the USA, Continuum.