This companion book to Shakespeare in Love contains excerpts on love from the plays and sonnets featured in the film. A fast-moving romantic comedy set in London in 1593, the movie follows the trials and tribulations of Will Shakespeare, a struggling young playwright suffering from a dreadful bout of writer's block. Will meets and instantly falls in love with Viola, a beautiful, young aspiring actress. Inspired by love, Will's creative powers are unleashed as his great love story, Romeo and Juliet, is brought to life for the first time.