A Waste of Shame (2005)
- Original title
- A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
- Directed by
- John McKay
- Genre
- drama television series
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
This drama imagines the personal life of William Shakespeare as he writes his sonnets. It shows his relationships and struggles that influence the poems. The sonnet lines appear as his inner thoughts.
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What happens
A Waste of Shame (aka A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets) is a 90-minute television drama on the circumstances surrounding William Shakespeare's composition of his sonnets. It takes its title from the first line of Sonnet 129. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 22 November 2005 as part of the supporting programming for the BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told season, but was only loosely connected to the rest of the series. Its screenplay was written by William Boyd, and the film was directed by John McKay. Lines from the sonnets are presented as thoughts running through Shakespeare's mind. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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