Upstart CrowSpecials

Satirical sitcom about how friends, family, historical circumstances, and his arch-rival Robert Greene, who first coined the derogatory term "upstart crow", influenced William Shakespeare to write his famous plays.

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3 Episodes

A Christmas Crow
E1
A Christmas CrowWill has promised his wife Anne that he will be home in good time for a quiet Christmas with just the family. But when Marlowe, Kate and even the usually horrible Robert Greene look likely to be facing a miserable lonely Christmas in London, Will's big heart gets the better of him and he asks them all back with him to Stratford.
A Crow Christmas Carol
E2
A Crow Christmas CarolStill dealing with grief after his tragic loss, Will gets inspired by a ghostly traveler to use his setup for Christmas Carol to save Green's soul for Christmas by making him face his past, present and future with the help of his troupe.
Lockdown Christmas 1603
E3
Lockdown Christmas 1603Stuck in the run-up to Christmas during the fifteenth wave of enforced confinement due to an outbreak of plague, Kate is filling the endless time with baking, painting and DIY haircuts while Will is trying to write a new classic for the new King. Can Will come up with the perfect play? And, far from their loved ones in the festive period, can the pair find ways to make merry?