1. Watch the film Shakespeare in Love. Write 300 + words about the film and how the play Shakespeare was writing started out as a comedy and moved into a tragedy.  What elements did it have that made it a comedy and what was either added or taken away from the play he was writing to turn it into a tragedy.  Use Examples from the book pages 181 – 185. DO NOT WRITE A SYNOPSIS OF THE MOVIE!

Info on the Film

• Title – Shakespeare in Love (1998)
• Directed – John Madden
• Written – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
• Starring – Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow