Series 1
(2016)
Overview
It's 1592 and Will Shakespeare is at the beginning of his career. His early work is looked down on by the literary establishment, and he's not taken seriously at home. Follow the Bard's fictional early life and the rather surprising stories about where his best ideas came from.
Cast
as Will Shakespeare
as Anne Hathaway
as Mary Arden
as John Shakespeare
as Kempe
as Susannah
as Sir Robert Greene
as Kate
as Burbage
as Condell
as Marlowe
as Bottom
Episodes
Star Crossed Lovers 0.0
May 9, 2016
Episode one sees Will struggle to find inspiration for Romeo while having to deal with an angry actor, a very annoying …
The Play's the Thing 0.0
May 16, 2016
Just when Will’s controversial new play is about to be presented to Queen Elizabeth, it goes missing. As the finger of …
The Apparel Proclaims The Man 0.0
May 23, 2016
Will hopes to move up in the world when he is invited to a high-society party hosted by Lord Southampton, but is unsure…
Love is Not Love 0.0
May 30, 2016
Will has completed his final sonnet and senses literary immortality just around the corner. But will the fair youth and…
What Bloody Man is That? 0.0
June 6, 2016
The plague leads Will and his friends to escape to the family home in Stratford. On the way, they meet three witches wh…
The Quality of Mercy 0.0
June 13, 2016
When Will's savings go missing, he is forced to make an unusual bargain with his rival. Kate's frustration with the lac…