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Comedy about William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London.

Comedy about William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London while also trying to be a good husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Upstart Crow: Series 3

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Upstart Crow: Series 3: Episode 1: Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!

Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!

Episode 1

Episode 1: Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!

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Will has a problem with A Midsummer Night's Dream, a love potion and a donkey head.

Shakespearean sitcom. Will has a problem with A Midsummer Night's Dream, a love potion and a donkey head.

Will is just finishing writing A Midsummer Night's Dream, a tale of love potions, enchantment and a wood full of fairies. He is very pleased with how realistic it is as he based it on his own experience. But Burbage and the other actors tell him it lacks a little comedy, like say a character with a funny name or a big visual joke. Meanwhile back in Will's lodgings where on earth is his servant Bottom going to put that donkey head?

Kate has problems of her own, because Lord Egeus, a rather old but very wealthy gentleman, has taken a shine to her, and Robert Greene is determined to be the matchmaker. Along the way we learn a little more about how Will and Anne found love, and how Will managed to get hold of a love potion.

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