Upstart Crow

Upstart Crow is a future six-part sitcom which will premiere on May 9th, 2016 at 10pm on BBC Two[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Upstart Crow". Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-12-08/david-mitchell-to-play-shakespeare-in-new-bbc2-sitcom
  3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/upstart-crow/

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