the movie "Shakespeare in love"

Shakespeare in love is a romantic comedy-drama film by John Madden and written by Marc Norman in 1998. Inspired by the life of William Shakespeare when he wrote Romeo and Juliet.

Synopsis :  The story takes place in 1593, in London. Shakespeare is weighed down under the debts. He promises Mr Henslowe to deliver a new play : Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter.

In reality, he writes nothing about this play. 

Lady Viola, who loves his sonnets, dreams of becoming an actress. But, in Shakespeare's time it is prohibited for women to play.  

A young man named Thomas Kent is cast in the role after impressing Shakespeare with his performance and his love of Shakespeare's previous work. Kent is actually Viola de Lesseps. She decides to disguise herself as a man to be able to play the role.

Shakespeare finds out that Kent is Viola. It is love at first sight but Viola is married to Lord Wessex...

Personnal commentary : I like the story and I think that the film adaptation is a success. It is a moving romantic-comedy and there is a good casting. Some people say that the movie devalue the play : watch it and tell me what do you think about it.