S3 E1 • Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!

Will needs inspiration for his new play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meanwhile how can he get hold of some love potion, and where is Bottom going to put that stuffed donkey head?

Première diffusion : 29 août 2018

S3 E2 • Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death

Will Shakespeare has been working on his masterpiece. His friends tell him it's his greatest comedy yet, but Will insists that Hamlet isn't actually meant to be funny.

Première diffusion : 5 septembre 2018

S3 E3 • If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?

London is full of anti-immigrant rioting. Will looks forward to an age when such sentiments are long-gone, but in the meantime he and the players plan to do their bit to help those worse off than themselves with a fund-raising charity gala night. “Inflated Pig's Bladder Day” is a triumph.

Première diffusion : 12 septembre 2018

S3 E4 • Sigh No More

When Kate stands in for Sue at the masked ball she accidentally sets off a chain of events that leaves Sue humiliated by the other local teenagers and Will needs to come up with a ruse to turn the tables on the bullies. Meanwhile in all the confusion Hamnet has gone missing.

Première diffusion : 19 septembre 2018

S3 E5 • The Most Unkindest Cut of All

Will has decided to write a play about the life of Julius Caesar. The only problem is how to deal with his assassination. After all, Her Majesty is not likely to approve of any play about doing in the head of state, and Robert Greene is particularly keen to label Will a traitor.

Première diffusion : 26 septembre 2018

S3 E6 • Go on and I Will Follow

The day of Will’s son Hamnet’s confirmation is approaching and Anne has made sure it’s been in Will’s diary for months. The only problem is this also turns out to be the night of the first ever London Theatre Awards, and, what with Will being the greatest writer of all time, and what with all the other theatre companies in London being closed all year because of the plague, Will reckons he may be in with a chance of a prize. And there’s another dilemma: if Will does go the London Theatre Awards, who is going to be his plus one? He’s heard that his favourite dark lady, Emilia Laier, may be free that evening... But as Will wrestles with the temptation of the London theatre there is a far bigger threat to his family’s happiness lurking in the wings.

Première diffusion : 3 octobre 2018