A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets ( A Waste Of Shame: William Shakespeare )

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: A Waste Of Shame: William Shakespeare
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
John McKay

Written By:
William Boyd

Actors:
Rupert Graves ..... William Shakespeare
Tom Sturridge ..... William Herbert
Indira Varma ..... Lucie ("the Dark Lady")
Zoë Wanamaker ..... Countess of Pembroke
Anna Chancellor ..... Anne Hathaway
Andrew Tiernan ..... Ben Jonson
Nicky Henson ..... John Shakespeare
Alan Williams ..... George Wilkins
Nicholas Rowe ..... Richard Burbage
John Voce ..... William Kemp
Tom Hiddleston ..... John Hall
Christopher Fairbank ..... Physician
Ian Hughes ..... Thomas Thorpe
Clem Tibber ..... Hamnet Shakespeare
Tom Mison ..... Young Blood

Synopsis:

An intense drama about the passionate and destructive love triangle that consumed Shakespere in his troubled middle years - adapting some of the most celebrated, sexual, raw, and vitriolic love poems ever written. Shakespeare's Sonnets are the most compelling source for an emotional and dramatic journey into the psychology of the man himself. Self-analytical, brutally honest, they allow us to go behind the scenes of this complex genius - they are his story told in his own words. Behind the lyrical, beautifully crafted language, a brooding obsession with the 'Lovely Boy' and Shakespeare's extra-marital relationship with a 'Dark Lady' is revealed. The sonnet sequence is his unique meditation on love, sex, mortality and the creative urge, which has tantalised scholars and casual readers alike. With a host of famous faces in the leading roles, the drama brings the bawdiness and the pitfalls of 16th century promiscuity to life. Rupert Graves, Zoë Wanamaker and Anna Chancellor star.

A mystery in Shakespeare's sonnets is explored.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 07 September, 2009.

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