Upstart Crow
Series 3
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With a family in Stratford and his theatre company in London, the Bard is burning the candle at both ends in series three. His teenage daughter Sue is as stroppy as ever, best mate Kit Marlowe is in danger, and neighbour Kate is desperate to be an actress – despite the fact it’s still illegal for women to do anything interesting. Meanwhile, Will has been working on his masterpiece, Hamlet. Pity everyone think it’s a comedy. Love potions are sweeping through Stratford and there’s something a little off about Love’s Labour’s Licked.
6 Episodes
- Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!
E1Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!Will is writing 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' but the actors do not think it is funny and even the usually loyal Kate finds it to be far-fetched. Will wins her over by recounting how a fairy called Puck gave him a potion which aided his marriage whilst Kit's need for a disguise to escape his enemies and manservant Bottom accidentally provide the ingredients to make the play a success. - Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death
E2Wild Laughter in the Throat of DeathAfter the success of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Will is urged to write another comedy and is annoyed when his friends find his new project 'Hamlet' to be hilarious. He is also angered when Greene excludes him from a proposed literary salon but this proves to be a cover for killing Kit. To save him Will agrees to help him feign his death, using the plot of 'Hamlet' whilst events inadvertently inspire 'Love's Labours Licked'. - If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?
E3If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?London is full of anti-immigrant rioting. Will looks forward to an age when such sentiments are long-gone, but in the meantime he and the players plan to do their bit to help those worse off than themselves with a fund-raising charity gala night. “Inflated Pig's Bladder Day” is a triumph. - Sigh No More
E4Sigh No MoreWhen Kate stands in for Sue at the masked ball she accidentally sets off a chain of events that leaves Sue humiliated by the other local teenagers and Will needs to come up with a ruse to turn the tables on the bullies. Meanwhile in all the confusion Hamnet has gone missing.
