Shakespeare in Love to Lord Wessex. Shakespeare accompanies her, disguised as her female cousin. There, he persuades Wessex to wager £50 that a play can capture the true nature of love, the exact amount Shakespeare requires to buy a share in the Chamberlain's Men. Queen Elizabeth I declares that she will judge the matter when the occasion arises. When Burbage finds out that Shakespeare has both seduced Rosaline and cheated him out of the money he was paid for the play, he goes to the Rose Theatre with his Curtain Theatre Company and starts a brawl. The Rose Theatre company drives Burbage and
BBC Television Shakespeare framing. The "Prefaces to Shakespeare" episode for "Measure for Measure" was presented by Judi Dench, who had played Isabella in a 1962 RSC production directed by Peter Hall. The "Shakespeare in Perspective" episode was presented by barrister and author Sir John Mortimer. Cast The second of only two episodes shot on location, after "As You Like It". However, whereas the location shooting in that episode was heavily criticised as taking away from the play, here, the location work was celebrated. The episode was shot at Leeds Castle, Penshurst Place and Hever Castle, in the actual rooms in which some of