Editing Shakespeare in Love (section)

== Historical inaccuracies ==
The film is "not constrained by worries about literary or historical accuracy" and includes [[anachronism]]s such as a reference to Virginia [[tobacco]] [[plantation]]s, at a time before the [[Colony of Virginia]] existed.<ref name="NYT1998" /> [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;I]] never entered a public theatre, as she does in the film. Between ''Romeo and Juliet'' and ''Twelfth Night'', Shakespeare wrote ten other plays over a period of six years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/plays_date.php|title=Complete list of Shakespeare's plays, by date |publisher=Open Source Shakespeare }}</ref> Another historical liberty concerns the central theme of Shakespeare struggling to create the story of ''Romeo and Juliet'', as in real life he simply adapted an existing story for theatre. [[Arthur Brooke (poet)|Arthur Brooke]] translated the Italian verse tale ''[[The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet]]'' into English in 1562, 32 years before Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/inside/articles/articles-vol4-i3-how-romeus-became-romeot|title=A.R.T. – American Repertory Theater}}</ref>

A leading character is an [[Earl of Wessex]], a title which in Shakespeare's time had not existed for over 500 years. ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' reported that [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Edward]], [[Elizabeth II]]'s third son, was drawn to the [[earldom of Wessex]], which became his title upon marriage, after watching the film and seeing the character.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8196402/Royal-wedding-Prince-William-asks-the-Queen-not-to-make-him-a-duke.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8196402/Royal-wedding-Prince-William-asks-the-Queen-not-to-make-him-a-duke.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Royal wedding: Prince William asks the Queen not to make him a duke| first =Richard | last = Eden|date= 12 December 2010 |work= The Telegraph|access-date= 12 December 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>