Ben Elton deals with hostility towards recent immigrant communities, anti semitism, comic relief and pokes a gentle dig at actors like Mark Rylance who questions the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. It is another good and funny episode.
Will is grappling with his new play. Another comedy has been requested by Burbage. Will has an idea of a play set in Venice and one involving a moneylender.
Kate meanwhile is helping Dutch refugees who people in London have turned against.
More importantly Will is wowed by a new actor, Wolf Hall. He eschews shoutiness and goes for long deep stares and contemplation.
Robert Greene sets a trap for Hall to question Will if he really did write his plays. Elton deals with this by alluding that Will had been influenced by the Gesta Romanorum.
It is brave of Elton to poke fun of Comic Relief especially as he was so heavily involved in its early days. Even braver to deal with Jewish stereotyping.
Will is grappling with his new play. Another comedy has been requested by Burbage. Will has an idea of a play set in Venice and one involving a moneylender.
Kate meanwhile is helping Dutch refugees who people in London have turned against.
More importantly Will is wowed by a new actor, Wolf Hall. He eschews shoutiness and goes for long deep stares and contemplation.
Robert Greene sets a trap for Hall to question Will if he really did write his plays. Elton deals with this by alluding that Will had been influenced by the Gesta Romanorum.
It is brave of Elton to poke fun of Comic Relief especially as he was so heavily involved in its early days. Even braver to deal with Jewish stereotyping.
