missing credit to Caryl Brahms and SJ Simon

Rating: Null/10 (14 April 1999)

This film is very substantially based on the book No Bed for Bacon by Caryl Brahms and SJ Simon - from the opening sequence of Shakespeare respelling his name, through most of the jokes and a substantial amount of the plot ( the love story between Will and a disguised Viola is just one among many labyrinthine subplots in the book), through to the light, witty but erudite feel of the writing, giving Elizabethen England a contemporary feel without losing the period detail (out of which comes much of the humour). It's one of my favourite books, and I missed a credit to it. It's a great read if you can find it. Why is it not there in the spinoff publications? Why has nobody mentioned it? Read it if you can, and see if I'm not right!