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May 6, 2006 · A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets: Directed by John McKay. With Rupert Graves, Tom Sturridge, Indira Varma, Zoë Wanamaker. A mystery in Shakespeare's sonnets is explored.
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- John McKay
- 2006-05-06
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.
- Period Drama , Biopic
Nov 22, 2005 · Overview. In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature - and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for centuries.
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May 15, 2012 · At the centre of this sonnet sequence lies a mystery that has endured for 400 years. 126 of these sonnets are addressed to a "Fair Youth" (Tom Sturridge -- Pirate Radio) and 26 are addressed to a...
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A Waste of Shame. Key figures (Tom Sturridge, Anna Chancellor) in Shakespeare's (Rupert Graves) life inspire the bard to write deeply personal sonnets about love.
- History, Drama
With his personal life in shambles, celebrated author William Shakespeare accepts a commission to pen 17 new sonnets, which leads him into a troublesome love triangle involving a prostitute, “The Dark Lady,” and an androgynous young lord.
