Shakespeare in Love that the claim was "unwarranted". The film is "not constrained by worries about literary or historical accuracy" and includes anachronisms such as a reference to Virginia tobacco plantations, at a time before the Colony of Virginia existed. A leading character is a member of the House of Wessex, which died out in 1066. Queen Elizabeth I never entered a public theatre, as she does in the film. Between "Romeo and Juliet" and "Twelfth Night", Shakespeare wrote ten other plays over a period of six years. The biggest historical liberty concerns the central theme of Shakespeare struggling to create the story
Shakespeare in Love his marriage to Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999, the year after the film's release. However, after watching "Shakespeare in Love", he reportedly became attracted to the title of the character played by Colin Firth, and asked her mother Queen Elizabeth II to be given the title of Earl of Wessex instead. American Film Institute recognition: In 2005, the Writers Guild of America ranked its script the 28th greatest ever written. In November 2011, "Variety" reported that Disney Theatrical Productions intended to produce a stage version of the film in London with Sonia Friedman Productions. The production was officially announced in November