... play called "Romeo and Ethel, the pirates daughter", because at the time comedy plays were a big success. Instead, William creates a tragedy play, about "two star crossed lovers" from two different worlds who will fall deeply in love with each other and suffer the consequences of society around them that does not let them choose who they are to be with, but ... suffer from prearranged marriages. William obtains this wealth of inspiration for his new play from his new found love, Viola de Lesseps, and through the events that occur in "Shakespeare in Love", the audience can easily see tha...

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