Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death
Sitcom. Will has been working on his masterpiece. His friends say it's his best comedy yet, but Will insists Hamlet isn't meant to be funny.
Will Shakespeare has been working on his masterpiece. His friends tell him it is his greatest comedy yet, but Will insists that Hamlet isn't actually meant to be funny. In the meantime, Greene has hit on an ingenious new way to destroy Will's reputation by excluding him from his high-brow literary set, and Marlowe's reputation is in such a bad way that he could really do with being dead for a bit. Only Will's dad John is pleased because now that Will has bought him a coat of arms he is officially a gentleman, even if none of his behaviour is in any way gentlemanly.
Meanwhile, the players need another box office smash and it looks like Hamlet is going to need a bit more thinking about. As luck would have it, Will does have an idea for a new comedy but there is something not quite right about the title for Love's Labour's Licked.
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Loves Labours what?
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Condell | Dominic Coleman |
Kit Marlowe | Tim Downie |
John Shakespeare | Harry Enfield |
Lucy | Jocelyn Jee Esien |
Sir Francis Bacon | Peter Hamilton Dyer |
Robert Greene | Mark Heap |
Kempe | Spencer Jones |
Will Shakespeare | David Mitchell |
Susanna Shakespeare | Helen Monks |
Bottom | Rob Rouse |
Burbage | Steve Speirs |
Anne Shakespeare | Liza Tarbuck |
Earl of Oxford | Dan Tetsell |
Kate | Gemma Whelan |
Mary Shakespeare | Paula Wilcox |
Judith Shakespeare | Rosanna Beacock |
Hamnet Shakespeare | Joe Willis |
Writer | Ben Elton |
Director | Richard Boden |
Producer | Gareth Edwards |
Executive Producer | Chris Sussman |
Broadcast
- Wed 5 Sep 2018 20:30