Upstart Crow (TV Series)

I Know Thee Not, Old Man (2017)

Rob Rouse: Bottom

Quotes 

• Bottom : Whoever it was who coined the phrase 'a change is as good as a rest' obviously wasn't a servant.

  Will Shakespeare : That was me, wasn't it? Yes, I think that's definitely one of mine.

  Bottom : So when my gran used to say that to me when I was a tiny, tiny lad, she was quoting you then, was she?

  Anne Shakespeare : You really have got to stop taking well-known sayings and claiming you wrote them, Will. You're better than that, you know you are.

• Bottom : I presume I'm in with the cow?

  John Shakespeare : Don't be so bloody cheeky, where would I sleep?

  [laughs at his own joke] 

• Bottom : No sooner said than done.

  Will Shakespeare : Now, that is one of mine, isn't it?

  Bottom : You can't claim to be inventing the entire English language.

  Will Shakespeare : Can't I, Botsky? Watch this space.