Upstart Crow - Season 4eps1 Apr 2026

Back in Stratford, Anne is unimpressed by Will’s "literary immortality" and sends a letter demanding he return home because the roof is leaking and the "great barn" has been infested by particularly literate owls.

Shakespeare’s London lodgings. It is 1605. Will is frantically scrubbing a stain off his ruff while Bottom attempts to "modernize" a quill by attaching a heavy lead weight to it. Upstart Crow - Season 4Eps1

Will attempts to perform the "Hat Play" for the King. In a classic Upstart Crow blunder, Bottom accidentally wears the King’s actual ceremonial cloak as a costume, leading to a high-speed chase through the Globe Theatre that Will eventually rebrands as a "new dramatic device called 'Slap-stick.'" Back in Stratford, Anne is unimpressed by Will’s

Robert Greene’s ghost (metaphorically) haunts Will as he discovers a pamphlet titled The Even More Upstart Crow , written by a young up-and-comer named "John Fletcher" who is shamelessly using Will’s own "puffling pants" jokes. Will is frantically scrubbing a stain off his

The King is delighted—not by the play, but by the fact that it was so short he didn't even have time to finish his drumstick. Will earns a single gold coin and a stern warning never to mention "Denmark" again.