How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Shakespeare in Love.
Quote #7
QUEEN: There was a wager, I remember… as to whether a play can show the very truth and nature of love. I think you lost it today.
The main theatre critic of the time seems to be the Queen, and she puts her royal seal of approval on Romeo and Juliet, and declares it the first play that ever showed true love. We think that's a success. And it shows us why we still read this play over five hundred years later.