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'Shakespeare in Love' Opens Today in London, Minus Gwyneth Paltrow and Tom Stoppard

A risky bet on a film adaptation opens on the West End without a trial run. When Tom Stoppard backed out of adapting his 1998 Oscar-winning movie Shakespeare in Love for the London stage, producer Sonia Friedman adapted in her own way, hiring playwright Lee Hall to carry on.