David Mitchell (Peep Show) stars as a self-important Shakespeare in this funny, fictionalized sitcom about the Bard's beginnings and family life.
- Comedy
- Year 2016 - 2020
- 5 Seasons
David Mitchell (Peep Show) stars as a self-important Shakespeare in this funny, fictionalized sitcom about the Bard's beginnings and family life.
- Year: 2016
E1 • Star Crossed Lovers
Will struggles to find inspiration for Romeo and has to deal with an angry actor.
E2 • The Play's the Thing
Will's controversial new play is about to be presented to the queen when it goes missing.
E3 • The Apparel Proclaims The Man
Will hopes to move up in the world when he is invited to Lord Southampton's party.
E4 • Love is Not Love
Will has completed his final sonnet and senses literary immortality just around the corner
E5 • What Bloody Man is That?
The plague leads Will and his friends to escape to the family home in Stratford.
E6 • The Quality of Mercy
When Will's savings go missing, he is forced to make an unusual bargain with his rival.
- Cast
David Mitchell
William Shakespeare
Liza Tarbuck
Anne Hathaway
Spencer Jones
Kempe
Tim Downie
Kit Marlowe
Jocelyn Jee Esien
Lucy
Mark Heap
Robert Greene
Gemma Whelan
Kate
Rob Rouse
Bottom
Steve Speirs
Burbage
Dominic Coleman
Condell
Helen Monks
Susanna
Paula Wilcox
Mary Arden
Harry Enfield
John Shakespeare
Evan Rees
Squeaky Boy
Tom Edden
Clerk
Gabrielle Glaister
Judge
Mina Anwar
The Weird Sisters
Sarah Finigan
The Weird Sisters
Christine Ozanne
The Weird Sisters
Jonathan Watson
MacBuff
Geoff McGivern
Sir Thomas
Tom Edden
Servant
- Crew
Matt Lipsey
Director
Gareth Edwards
Producer
Ben Elton
Writer
