Editing Shakespeare in Love (section)

=== Lee Hall's ''Shakespeare in Love'' ===
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In November 2011, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that [[Disney Theatrical Productions]] intended to produce a stage version of the film in London with [[Sonia Friedman]] Productions.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Cox|first1=Gordon|title=Disney Theatrical Gets Busy with 'Shakespeare in Love' and 'Newsies'|url=https://variety.com/2013/legit/news/disney-theatrical-gets-busy-with-shakespeare-in-love-and-newsies-1200826921/|access-date=11 July 2014|magazine=Variety|date=13 November 2013}}</ref> The production was officially announced in November 2013.<ref name="play announce">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/shakespeare-in-love-to-get-west-end-play-8937636.html | title=Shakespeare in Love to get West End play | newspaper=[[The Independent]] | date=13 November 2013 | access-date=30 March 2015 | author=Clark, Nick}}</ref> Based on the film screenplay by Norman and Stoppard, it was adapted for the stage by [[Lee Hall (playwright)|Lee Hall]]. The production was directed by [[Declan Donnellan]] and designed by Nick Ormerod, the joint founders of [[Cheek by Jowl]].

The production opened at the [[Noël Coward Theatre]] in [[West End of London|London's West End]] on 23 July 2014, receiving rave reviews from critics. It was called "A joyous celebration of theatre" in the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10983777/Shakespeare-in-Love-review-the-best-British-comedy-since-One-Man-Two-Guvnors.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10983777/Shakespeare-in-Love-review-the-best-British-comedy-since-One-Man-Two-Guvnors.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Shakespeare in Love, review: 'the best British comedy since One Man, Two Guvnors'|website=telegraph.co.uk|access-date=10 July 2017|date=23 July 2014|last1=Spencer|first1=Charles}}{{cbignore}}</ref> "Joyous" in ''[[The Independent]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/shakespeare-in-love-noel-coward-theatre-review-deliciously-funny-and-absurd-9623905.html|title=Shakespeare in Love: Deliciously funny and absurd|date=23 July 2014|website=independent.co.uk|access-date=10 July 2017}}</ref> and "A love letter to theatre" in ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jul/24/shakespeare-in-love-theatre-review|title=Shakespeare in Love review – a heady celebration of the act of theatre|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=23 July 2014|access-date=10 July 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>