Conversation so far:
What was something important from the plot?
Shakespeare falling in love and finding inspiration for his later plays.
what is a similarity?
The writers of Shakespeare in Love were sued in 1999 by bestselling author Faye Kellerman.
She claimed that the plotline was stolen from her 1989 novel The Quality of Mercy.

Question: was it successful?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Shakespeare in Love successful?