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Only in the movie Shakespeare in Love. We have no record of his having an affair with anyone, and the Viola character in the movie is fictional.

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Who was Shakespeare in love with but not his wife?

In the movie Shakespeare in Love he is shown having an affair with a woman called Viola de Lesseps. But that movie is a fiction--there never was such a woman, and there is no reason whatsoever to believe that Shakespeare was ever in love with anyone other than his wife.


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his hand = NOT true!!


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Lady Viola goes to America with her new husband. Shakespeare writes the play Twelfth Night about her. Although the plot of Shakespeare in Love is about Shakespeare writing Romeo and Juliet, and it mirrors Romeo and Juliet in many ways, it is a very different story from Romeo and Juliet. There is no "Lady Viola" in Romeo and Juliet; she is a fictional creation of the writers of the screenplay.


Who pretends to be a man in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night?

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Did shakespeare have a love affair during 1601-1608?

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Who does viola fall in love with?

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Why is Will attracted to Viola and why is she attracted to him Shakespeare in Love?

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How were Viola and Sebastian separated at the start of the play?

At the start of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," Viola and Sebastian are separated due to a shipwreck that occurs off the coast of Illyria. Both siblings are presumed to be drowned, but Viola survives and washes ashore, while Sebastian's fate remains unknown to her. This separation sets the stage for Viola's subsequent disguise as a man, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings throughout the play.