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Está casado, aunque muy separado de su esposa, mientras que los padres de Viola han arreglado su compromiso con Lord Wessex (Colin Firth), un aristócrata en bancarrota que conseguirá una muy respetable dote al casarse con Viola aportando a su vez influencia y privilegios a la familia De Lesseps.
Shakespeare sneaks into a ball at the house, where Viola's parents arrange her betrothal to Lord Wessex, an aristocrat in need of money. Dancing with Viola, Shakespeare is struck speechless. Confronted by Wessex, Shakespeare introduces himself as Christopher Marlowe.
Lord Wessex : My lady, the tide waits for no man, but I swear it would wait for you. Lord Wessex : I cannot shed blood in her house, but I will cut your throat anon.
8 de ene. de 1999 · Shakespeare in Love: Directed by John Madden. With Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson, Steven O'Donnell, Tim McMullan. The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Beyond her continuing to masquerade as Thomas Kent, their own love story has a major obstacle in that she is betrothed to Lord Wessex (Colin Firth), a man she detests and a union sanctioned by her merchant father and Queen Elizabeth (Dame Judi Dench) primarily for financial and business purposes.
Lord Wessex is William Shakespeare's opposite in almost every way. He's humorless. He's dumpy (only this film could make Colin Firth look dumpy.) He's a jerk. And Viola simply doesn't love him.
That night Shakespeare sneaks into a party celebrating Viola’s engagement to Lord Wessex (Colin Firth), but when Wessex notes the obvious attraction between Shakespeare and Viola, he threatens Shakespeare, who gives his name as Christopher Marlowe and flees the party.
