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Upstart Crow
本剧主要讲述威廉·莎士比亚的生平，将作为BBC在2016年莎翁纪念节的一部分播出。David Mitchell将饰演早年的莎翁；同时出演的还有Harry Enfield、Paula Wilcox、Liza Tarbuck以及Gemma Whelan。故事主线的一部分将来自于莎翁的灵感源泉，Elton说：“我努力站在莎士比亚的角度讲故事，甚至用一只鸡的羽毛做的笔写剧本，一年都没换过内裤。”2016年的莎翁纪念节将会举行一系列活动纪念莎翁去世四百年。此外，Benedict Cumberbatch和Judi Dench主演的《The Hollow Crown》三部系列以及Russell T Davies执导，Maxine Peake、Matt Lucas、Bernard Cribbins、Elaine Paige以及Richard Wilson主演的《仲夏夜之梦》也将献礼本次莎翁纪念节。
Will needs inspiration for his new play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meanwhile how can he get hold of some love potion, and where is Bottom going to put that stuffed donkey head?
Will Shakespeare has been working on his masterpiece. His friends tell him it's his greatest comedy yet, but Will insists that Hamlet isn't actually meant to be funny.
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.
When 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.
Will's troupe plot against each other, but his defusing of the situation helps give him a better idea for his new play about Julius Caesar.
As Will wrestles with temptation a bigger threat to his family lurks in the wings.
