Upstart Crow

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  • Comedy History

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2x1
The Green-Eyed Monster
Episode overview
Will is desperate to make a good impression with the College of Heralds so he can get his family a coat of arms and finally make the Shakespeares posh. The only problem is that his .. show full overview
2x2
I Know Thee Not, Old Man
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Will is off to Stratford to get some serious writing done, but when Simon Hunt, his terrifying old school teacher, invites himself to stay, Will is unable to say no even though his .. show full overview
2x3
I Did Adore a Twinkling Star
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Will finds himself tricked by his evil nemesis, Robert Greene into writing a blood-soaked tragedy for a nobleman who only really likes romances set in exotic foreign locations. Suddenly .. show full overview
2x4
Food of Love
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Will takes it badly when everybody tells him his new play about two sets of identical twins separated at birth and given the same names is rather far-fetched, until he hits on a sure .. show full overview
2x5
Beware My Sting!
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Will is thrilled with his new play, 'The Taming of the Shrew', in which a bright and strong-minded young woman is crushed and humiliated into submission by the man in her life. For some .. show full overview
2x6
Sweet Sorrow
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'Romeo and Juliet' is finally finished, and the only problem is now who will play the young lovers. Burbage and Condell see themselves in the title roles of course, but is there a polite .. show full overview

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