Upstart Crow

Upstart Crow is a future six-part sitcom, planned for broadcast in April 2016 as part of the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Its title quotes "an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers”, a critique of Shakespeare by his rival Robert Greene in the latter's Groats-Worth of Wit.[1]

It is scripted by Ben Elton and is set from 1592 (the year of Greene's quotation) onwards. Shakespeare will be played by David Mitchell, his parents John and Mary by Paula Wilcox and Harry Enfield and Greene himself by Mark Heap.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-12-08/david-mitchell-to-play-shakespeare-in-new-bbc2-sitcom
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4793190/

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