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The queen commands a comedy Willfor Twelfth Night A comedyWhat would my hero beThe saddest wretch in all the kingdom sick with loveIt s a beginningLet him be a duke and your heroineSold in marriage

Shakespeare in Love

I don't know. It's a mystery

Shakespeare in Love • 1998

Viola de Lesseps:
The Queen commands a comedy, Will. The Twelfth Night.William Shakespeare:A comedy. What would my hero be? The saddest wretch in all the kingdom - to suit with love?Viola de Lesseps:It's a beginning. Let him be - a duke. And your heroine...William Shakespeare:Sold in marriage! And half-way to America.William Shakespeare:At sea then, a voyage to a new world.Viola de Lesseps:A storm. All are lost.Viola de Lesseps:She lands on a vast and empty shore. She's brought to the duke... Orsino.William Shakespeare:Orsino... good name.Viola de Lesseps:But, fearful of her virtue, she comes to him dressed as a boy.William Shakespeare:And thus is unable to declare her love.Viola de Lesseps:But, all ends well.William Shakespeare:How does it?Viola de Lesseps:I don't know. It's a mystery

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The queen commands a comedy Will

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for Twelfth Night A comedy

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What would my hero be

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The saddest wretch in all the kingdom sick with love

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It s a beginning

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Let him be a duke and your heroine

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Sold in marriage and halfway to America

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At sea then A voyage to a new world

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A storm All are lost

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She lands on a

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vast and empty shore

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She s brought to the duke

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Orsino Orsino

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Good name

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But fearful of her virtue she comes to him dressed as a boy

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And thus is unable to declare her love

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But all ends well

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How does it

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I don t know

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It s a mystery

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La reine demande une comédie

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pour la nuit des rois

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Et que sera mon héros

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L'être le plus triste du royaume malade d'amour

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C'est un début

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Faisons en un duc et ton héroïne

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Vendue en mariage en route pour l'Amérique

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Donc en mer

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Vers un nouveau monde

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Une tempête Ils sont perdus

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Elle se retrouve sur

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un vaste rivage désolé

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On la conduit auprès du duc

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Orsino

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Un bon nom

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Craignant pour sa vertu elle arrive vêtue en garçon

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Ce qui l'empêche de déclarer son amour

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Mais tout finit bien

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Comment

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Je ne sais pas

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C'est un mystère

Available in 2 languages

Duration

77 seconds

Views

642

Timestamp in Movie

01:53:27

Uploaded

Mar 16, 2026

Genres

comedy, drama, history

Production

Miramax,Universal Pictures,Bedford Falls Productions

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Movie Summary

The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.

Actors

Viola De Lesseps

Gwyneth Paltrow