Upstart Crow | S2E3: I Did Adore a Twinkling Star
Will Shakespeare 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 Will needs to write a whole new play and he's all out of ideas. Meanwhile, Marlowe is taking Italian lessons from Kate, and they seem to have developed something of a soft spot for each other. He is off to Verona on a spy mission and Kate is going to miss him dreadfully. Her noisy pining for him is turning out to be pretty distracting until Will hits on a way to kill two birds with one stone - help Kate stay close to Marlowe, and get inspiration for his new play! Will, Kate and Bottom set sail for Verona. But is there a happy ending in store for anyone? And back in Stratford, is Will's suggestion of dressing up as a boy really the best way for his daughter Susannah to get close to the boy she fancies?
Tweet
Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Entertainment
- Channel: BBC Two
- Duration: 30'00''
- Broadcast date: 2017
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
-
- Shakespeare Archive Resource
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Screen adaptation of Tom Stoppard's comic stage play which brings two minor characters of Shakespeare's Hamlet into the spotlight, played by Gary Oldman and Tim Roth.
All Is True (2018)
After London's Globe Theatre burns to the ground in 1613, William Shakespeare stops writing and returns to his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon.