Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

In John Madden's Best Picture-winning comedy-drama about the Bard while writing his future play Romeo & Juliet:

• the scene of writing-cramped Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) unraveling the tight bound clothes of male-disguised Viola De Lesseps as Master Tom Kent (Gwyneth Paltrow)
• the quip-spewing character of Queen Elizabeth (Oscar-winning Judi Dench)