Shakespeare in Love quotes
58 total quotesPhilip Henslowe
Queen Elizabeth
Viola De Lesseps
William Shakespeare
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Philip Henslowe: The show must... you know...
William Shakespeare: [prompting him] Go on!
William Shakespeare: [prompting him] Go on!
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Lord Wessex: I cannot shed blood in her house, but I will cut your throat anon. Do you have a name?
William Shakespeare: Christopher Marlowe, at your service.
William Shakespeare: Christopher Marlowe, at your service.
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[singing the stage directions] Gentlemen upstage; ladies downstage... Are you a lady Mr. Kent?
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Nurse: My lady, the house is stirring. It is a new day.
Viola De Lesseps: It is a new WORLD.
Viola De Lesseps: It is a new WORLD.
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The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
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I would stay asleep my whole life, if I could dream myself into a company of players.
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[expressing displeasure with Juliet's performance] Suffering cats!
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William Shakespeare: I have a new play.
Christopher Marlowe: What's it called?
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter.
Christopher Marlowe: What is the story?
William Shakespeare: Well, there's this pirate... In truth I have not written a word.
Christopher Marlowe: Romeo...Romeo is Italian. Always in and out of love.
William Shakespeare: Yes, that's good. Until he meets...
Christopher Marlowe: Ethel
William Shakespeare: Do you think?
Christopher Marlowe: The daughter of his enemy.
William Shakespeare: The daughter of his enemy...
Christopher Marlowe: His best friend is killed in a duel by Ethel's brother, or something. His name is Mercutio.
William Shakespeare: Mercutio...Good name.
Nol: Will, they're waiting for you!
William Shakespeare: I'm coming...Good luck with yours, Kit.
Christopher Marlowe: I thought your play was for Burbage.
William Shakespeare: This is a different one.
Christopher Marlowe: A different one you haven't written?
Christopher Marlowe: What's it called?
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter.
Christopher Marlowe: What is the story?
William Shakespeare: Well, there's this pirate... In truth I have not written a word.
Christopher Marlowe: Romeo...Romeo is Italian. Always in and out of love.
William Shakespeare: Yes, that's good. Until he meets...
Christopher Marlowe: Ethel
William Shakespeare: Do you think?
Christopher Marlowe: The daughter of his enemy.
William Shakespeare: The daughter of his enemy...
Christopher Marlowe: His best friend is killed in a duel by Ethel's brother, or something. His name is Mercutio.
William Shakespeare: Mercutio...Good name.
Nol: Will, they're waiting for you!
William Shakespeare: I'm coming...Good luck with yours, Kit.
Christopher Marlowe: I thought your play was for Burbage.
William Shakespeare: This is a different one.
Christopher Marlowe: A different one you haven't written?
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[Authorizing Lord Wessex to marry Viola] Have her, then, but you're a lordly fool. She's been plucked since I saw her last - and not by you. It takes a woman to know it.
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[on first hearing the tragic ending to Romeo and Juliet] Well, that will have them rolling in the aisles.
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Viola de Lesseps: [as Thomas Kent] Tell me how you love her, Will.
William Shakespeare: Like a sickness and its cure together.
William Shakespeare: Like a sickness and its cure together.
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And you, Sir, are a Warwickshire shithouse.
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Love denied blights the soul we owe to God.
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William Shakespeare: Follow that boat!
Boatman: Right you are, guv'nor!... I know your face. Are you an actor?
William Shakespeare: Yes.
Boatman: Yes, I've seen you in something. That one about a king.
William Shakespeare: Really?
Boatman: I had that Christopher Marlowe in my boat once.
[Will sighs]
Boatman: Right you are, guv'nor!... I know your face. Are you an actor?
William Shakespeare: Yes.
Boatman: Yes, I've seen you in something. That one about a king.
William Shakespeare: Really?
Boatman: I had that Christopher Marlowe in my boat once.
[Will sighs]
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[on learning the fate of his character] He dies?