What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.
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A down on his luck William "Bill" Shakespeare decides to pursue his latest dream: to be an aspiring writer. His adventure soon becomes dangerous when he is caught between a act of murder.
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Sir Francis Walsingham: It's a disguise. Or one might say a 'despise'. Now that works in three ways; One, it's a disguise. Two, the disguise is pie and, three, it's got the word 'spies' in it. So...
Christopher Marlowe: It's very clever
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Written by Lew Brown, Wladimir A. Timm (as Vladimir Timm), Jaromir Vejvoda and Vasek Zeman
Published by Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Limited / EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Performed by Richard Atwill, David Crow, Jamie Demetriou, Simon Farnaby & Laurence Rickard
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Parts of this were filmed at the actual Globe Theatre on London's South Bank, a replica of the theatre that stood there in Shakespeare's day. See more »Goofs
When Bill and Christopher Marlowe are advertising vegetables, Bill is dressed as a tomato, which is a fruit. See more »Quotes
Christopher Marlowe: What are you doing in a pie?Sir Francis Walsingham: It's a disguise. Or one might say a 'despise'. Now that works in three ways; One, it's a disguise. Two, the disguise is pie and, three, it's got the word 'spies' in it. So...
Christopher Marlowe: It's very clever
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Roll Out The BarrelsWritten by Lew Brown, Wladimir A. Timm (as Vladimir Timm), Jaromir Vejvoda and Vasek Zeman
Published by Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Limited / EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Performed by Richard Atwill, David Crow, Jamie Demetriou, Simon Farnaby & Laurence Rickard
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The Horrible histories series is not only very educational but also good fun. However what works in a half hour TV show is a huge struggle to work in a feature film. Whilst there are some good gags in the script, a lot of them fall very flat too and in this respect I couldn't help but compare it being like a PG rated the 'League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse' from about a decade ago. The cast try hard but apart from Damian Lewis (who seems very comfortable in a classic Errol Flynn type role) the rest of the cast do sometimes overact, mugging at the camera slightly too much for my liking. It's a shame but not a surprise because the film cannot seem to decide if it is an extended episode or going for a Blackadder style take on history and the script reflects this, as it is neither one nor the other.
Like I said, there are a few good laughs for kids and adults alike but it could have done with a few more as well. The idea of the story, of Shakespeare's pre-fame career, is a novel one and could have been a Monty Python style film for kids but somehow this effort feels a bit flat despite the best efforts of the cast. In this respect some of the blame must go on the script which sometimes lacks in places. Maybe youngsters will like it, fart gags and all, and it does make good use of its locations and period detail but it was not memorable which is a shame. However I hope the Horrible Histories team do get the chance to make another better film as this is isn't a disaster, more of a near miss.