Thus, the Bard finds himself in quite a bind when Henslowe, desperate to stave off another round of hot-coals-to-feet application, stakes The Rose's solvency on Shakespeare's new comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter." The problem is, "Romeo" is safely "locked away" in Shakespeare's head, which is to say that not a word of it is written. In fact, he hasn't written much of anything recently. Shakespeare hasn't written a hit in years. ![]() Not only is he writing for Philip Henslowe ( Geoffrey Rush), owner of "The Rose," a theatre whose doors are about to be closed by sadistic creditors, but he's got a nasty case of writer's block. William Shakespeare ( Joseph Fiennes) is on a cold streak.
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