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Rating: 7/10 (8 February 2012)

Shakespeare in Love
The best thing about actresses in Shakespeare's day was that their booming baritone voices could reach the back of the theater.
And while testicles attributed to their potent projection, the woman in this drama believes she can do so without.
Deciding to take his latest play in a new direction, William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) finds a muse in a male actor trying out for the role of Romeo, whom he later discovers is actually a merchant's daughter, Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow).
However, the bard's upcoming play and love affair are threatened by news that there is a woman in the acting troupe.
A fictional account of the real world tribulations that served to inspire Shakespeare's most of prolific play, Shakespeare in Love is imbued with bold performances and rollicking references to the bard's body of work.
In fact, while writing Othello, he is also rumoured to have dated a black man. (Yellow Light)
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