Billy Shakespeare

Billy Shakespeare

103 mins | Feb. 1, 2014

What if William Shakespeare never existed... until now. Our Modern Bard is caught in a love triangle of confused sexuality, cross dressing, mistaken identity, and bedroom trysts. Does Shakespeare love his lusty best friend, Wilma Hartford, who's also a drag queen, or his lovely long-time girlfriend Anne Hathaway. This battle to understand Shakespeare's true heart is a comic romp. All the while, Shakespeare peddles his screenplays in Hollywood. Renaissance and modern sensibilities clash when an all-male stage version of Macbeth and the misogynistic low-budget film "The Taming of the Shrew" open simultaneously. The combustion makes "The Bard," played by comedic genius Jason D. Johnson, the most controversial screenwriter in Hollywood.

Billy Shakespeare

103 mins | Feb. 1, 2014

Billy Shakespeare
What if William Shakespeare never existed... until now. Our Modern Bard is caught in a love triangle of confused sexuality, cross dressing, mistaken identity, and bedroom trysts. Does Shakespeare love his lusty best friend, Wilma Hartford, who's also a drag queen, or his lovely long-time girlfriend Anne Hathaway. This battle to understand Shakespeare's true heart is a comic romp. All the while, Shakespeare peddles his screenplays in Hollywood. Renaissance and modern sensibilities clash when an all-male stage version of Macbeth and the misogynistic low-budget film "The Taming of the Shrew" open simultaneously. The combustion makes "The Bard," played by comedic genius Jason D. Johnson, the most controversial screenwriter in Hollywood.
Producers
Original title Billy Shakespeare
Directors Deborah Voorhees
Writers Deborah Voorhees

Cast

Jason D. Johnson

as Billy Shakespeare

Catharine E. Jones

as Anne Hathaway

Phillip David Collins

as Wilma Hartford

Mary Maxson

as Charly

Garret Wade

as Angelina

Terra Wallace

as Arlene

Deborah Voorhees

as Witch II

David Robbins

as Rat Mucanon / Protestor