Upstart Crow (TV Series)

The Play's the Thing (2016)

Rob Rouse: Bottom

Quotes 

• Marlowe : So, whisper is you're writing another play? Good work that, man. I can't think how you find the energy.

  Will : Actually I have several on the go at present, alongside my teen romance. Mainly just ideas. 'The Taming of the Vole', which I quite like. 'Seventeen Gentlement of Verona'. That needs trimming. 'A Midsummer Night's Whimsical Old Tosh'. Still looking for the big idea there.

  Bottom : I've told ya, just say it's a dream. You can get away with any old dung balls if you say it's a dream.

  Will : Exactly, Bottom, and I hope my quill does wither on Miss Clucky's arse before I resort to such a lazy cop-out.

• Will : [Shakespeare and Bottom are searching for a lost play]  It must be here somewhere!

  Bottom : Well, if it is, we can't find it.

  Will : True, it is beyond our skill. But there is a mystical species that can find anything.

  Bottom : Wood nymphs!

  Will : Don't be ridiculous.

  Bottom : Sorry.

  Will : Wood nymphs are treacherous creatures and would find my play only to put it on the fire to warm the toes of their sweethearts, the elves.