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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
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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- Drama
- John McKay
- 2006-05-06
Key figures (Tom Sturridge, Anna Chancellor) in Shakespeare's (Rupert Graves) life inspire the bard to write deeply personal sonnets about love.
- History, Drama
- Rupert Graves
- John Mckay
Jun 1, 2010 · A Waste of Shame is a lushly filmed, intriguing drama about the passionate and destructive love triangle that consumed Shakespeare (Rupert Graves - V for Vendetta) in his troubled middle years - adapting some of the most celebrated, sexual, raw and venomous love poems ever written.
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- Mystery & Thrillers
- NTSC, Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen
- English
A Waste of Shame. 2005. 1 hr 25 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Rupert Graves stars as William Shakespeare in this drama chronicling his troubled midlife romances, which served as inspiration...
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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.
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.
