10/13/2018 - In this stage adaptation of the Oscar®-winning film, penniless and struggling young playwright William Shakespeare is tormented by writer’s block until he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps, whose fiery passion for poetry and drama leaves her secretly longing to be an actor. Both are despondent when they learn that Viola’s father has promised her to the stuffy Lord Wessex in order to gain a title for their family.