Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!
Shakespearean sitcom. Will has a problem with A Midsummer Night's Dream, a love potion and a donkey head.
Will is just finishing writing A Midsummer Night's Dream, a tale of love potions, enchantment and a wood full of fairies. He is very pleased with how realistic it is as he based it on his own experience. But Burbage and the other actors tell him it lacks a little comedy, like say a character with a funny name or a big visual joke. Meanwhile back in Will's lodgings where on earth is his servant Bottom going to put that donkey head?
Kate has problems of her own, because Lord Egeus, a rather old but very wealthy gentleman, has taken a shine to her, and Robert Greene is determined to be the matchmaker. Along the way we learn a little more about how Will and Anne found love, and how Will managed to get hold of a love potion.
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If we shadows have offended
Duration: 00:35
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Marlowe makes an ass of himself
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Condell | Dominic Coleman |
Kit Marlowe | Tim Downie |
John Shakespeare | Harry Enfield |
Robert Greene | Mark Heap |
Kempe | Spencer Jones |
Will Shakespeare | David Mitchell |
Susanna Shakespeare | Helen Monks |
Puck | Ken Nwosu |
Lord Egeus | Nigel Planer |
Bottom | Rob Rouse |
Burbage | Steve Speirs |
Anne Shakespeare | Liza Tarbuck |
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 29 Aug 2018 20:30