Marking William Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, this sitcomfollows the Bard's fictional early life. It's 1592 and WillShakespeare is at the beginning of his career. His early work islooked down on by the literary establishment, and he's not takenseriously at home. And Will's troubles don't stop there. He's under pressure to churn out more work, undermined by his snooty rival Robert Greene, and his badly behaved parents are living in hishouse. Packed with sparkling wordplay, Upstart Crow pays fittingcomic tribute to the greatest writer in the history of the Englishlanguage - and reveals some rather surprising stories about wherehis best ideas came...

Marking William Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, this sitcomfollows the Bard's fictional early life. It's 1592 and WillShakespeare is at the beginning of his career. His early work islooked down on by the literary establishment, and he's not takenseriously at home. And Will's troubles don't stop there. He's under pressure to churn out more work, undermined by his snooty rival Robert Greene, and his badly behaved parents are living in hishouse. Packed with sparkling wordplay, Upstart Crow pays fittingcomic tribute to the greatest writer in the history of the Englishlanguage - and reveals some rather surprising stories about wherehis best ideas came from...