<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Upstart Crow </Th> <Td> www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07bp62s </Td> </Tr> <P> Upstart Crow is a British sitcom which premiered on 9 May 2016 at 10pm on BBC Two as part of the commemorations of the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare . Its title quotes "an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers", a critique of Shakespeare by his rival Robert Greene in the latter's Groats - Worth of Wit . </P> <P> It is scripted by Ben Elton and is set from 1592 (the year of Greene's quotation) onwards . Shakespeare is played by David Mitchell; his wife, Anne Hathaway, is played by Liza Tarbuck; and Greene himself by Mark Heap . All episodes are directed by Matt Lipsey . </P>

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