He has also written an anthology of Shakespeare passages, Shakespeare On Love, and contributed to Cambridge's Actors on Shakespeare series.

This is not an either-or contest, like last year's with "Saving Private Ryan" versus "Shakespeare in Love" (which won).

Or even more remarkable "Shakespeare in Love" winning stuff.

Shakespeare in Love (AA)

That's why "Shakespeare in Love," which playfully imagines a passionate love affair that prompted William Shakespeare to write "Romeo and Juliet," is so welcome.

Shakespeare in Love (15 October)

Shakespeare in Love (1998, with Universal Pictures)

"Chicago" and "Shakespeare in Love" (above) won their Globes for musical or comedy; the rest are dramas.

Shakespeare in Love (Philip Henslowe)

Shakespeare in Love (1998)