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
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