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* EasilyForgiven: Will lets Presto stay with him and vows to help [[spoiler: avenge his sister's death]] despite the fact that Presto has [[spoiler: actively tried to get Will killed and burned down his theater.]]
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* ShowWithinAShow: Pretty hard to avoid in a series about a famous playwright. Most notably used in the finale.
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* DramaticIrony: "Who would want a play by William Shakespeare?"
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*PosthumousCharacter: Will's martyred uncle, who spends his time as a ghost berating his nephew for his various misdeeds and lapsed Catholicism. It's unclear whether the ghost is real or just Will's hallucination.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In real life, Robert Southwell was a Jesuit poet who was eventually captured by Topcliffe, tortured, imprisoned for years, and martyred without betraying his fellow missionaries. All that's really known about his connection to Shakespeare is a letter in which he criticizes the poetry of a "W.S." for not being focused enough on God. In the series, [[spoiler: Southwell is a manipulative, cowardly, selfish hypocrite who not only treats his cousin Will cruelly when he refuses to risk his and his family's lives by getting involved in the Catholic underground movement, but also regularly lets people die for him with little effort to prevent it and even sacrifices Alice to save himself when their safe house is raided by Topcliffe.]] Oh yeah--and the real Southwell is also a canonized saint.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In real life, Robert Southwell was a Jesuit poet who was eventually captured by Topcliffe, tortured, imprisoned for years, and martyred without betraying his fellow missionaries. All that's really known about his connection to Shakespeare is a letter in which he criticizes the poetry of a "W.S." for not being focused enough on God. In the series, [[spoiler: Southwell is a manipulative, cowardly, selfish hypocrite who not only treats his cousin Will cruelly when he refuses to [[spoiler: risk his and his family's lives by getting involved in the Catholic underground movement, movement,]] but also [[spoiler: regularly lets people die for him with little effort to prevent it and even sacrifices Alice to save himself when their safe house is raided by Topcliffe.]] Oh yeah--and the real Southwell is also a canonized saint.saint.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the finale, [[spoiler: Topcliffe invites his superiors to watch Will's commissioned play and proudly proclaims the main character to be based on himself. The only issue: the play in question is {{Theatre/Richard III}}, and the officials are horrified by Will's depraved portrayal of the man, even going so far as to cancel Topcliffe's upcoming promotion.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the finale, [[spoiler: Topcliffe invites his superiors to watch Will's commissioned play and proudly proclaims the main character to be based on himself. The only issue: the play in question is {{Theatre/Richard III}}, and the officials are horrified by Will's depraved portrayal of the man, even going so far as to cancel Topcliffe's upcoming promotion.]]
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In real life, Robert Southwell was a Jesuit missionary poet who was eventually captured by Topcliffe, tortured, imprisoned for years, and martyred without betraying his fellow missionaries. All that's really known about his connection to Shakespeare is a letter in which he criticizes the poetry of a "W.S." for not being focused enough on God. In the series, [[spoiler: Southwell is a manipulative, cowardly, selfish hypocrite who not only treats his cousin Will cruelly when he refuses to risk his and his family's lives by getting involved in the Catholic underground movement, but also regularly lets people die for him with little effort to prevent it and even sacrifices Alice to save himself when their safe house is raided by Topcliffe.]] Oh yeah--and the real Southwell is also a canonized saint.
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* GoodNightSweetPrince: Will often uses this line on his son, Hamnet. Made heartbreaking if you've ever read a biography of Shakespeare...
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* {{Confessional}}: Will confesses [[spoiler: his affair with Alice]] to his cousin Father Southwell--naturally, Southwell proceeds to hold this information over Will's head for the rest of the series.
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* Confessional: Will confesses [[spoiler: his affair with Alice]] to his cousin Father Southwell--naturally, Southwell proceeds to hold this information over Will's head for the rest of the series.
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* Confessional: Will confesses [[spoiler: his affair with Alice]] to his cousin Father Southwell--naturally, Southwell proceeds to hold this information over Will's head for the rest of the series.
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* CueTheRain: Things are not going too well for Will in episode 3 -- as a bonus he also runs into Marlowe in what could be called an interesting subversion of RomanticRain.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Roberth Southwell.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Roberth Robert Southwell.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In real life, Robert Southwell was a Jesuit missionary poet who was eventually captured by Topcliffe, tortured, imprisoned for years, and martyred without betraying his fellow missionaries. All that's really known about his connection to Shakespeare is a letter in which he criticizes the poetry of a "W.S." for not being focused enough on God. In the series, [[spoiler: Southwell is a manipulative, selfish hypocrite who not only treats his cousin Will cruelly when he refuses to risk his and his family's lives by getting involved in the Catholic underground movement, but also regularly lets people die for him with little effort to prevent it and even sacrifices Alice to save himself when their safe house is raided by Topcliffe.]] Oh yeah--and the real Southwell is also a canonized saint.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadars: The characters use rather colorful and downright filthy language, but F-bombs are avoided by using the Elizabethan slang instead. ''"Swive thee, William Shakespeare"'', indeed.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadars: GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The characters use rather colorful and downright filthy language, but F-bombs are avoided by using the Elizabethan slang instead. ''"Swive thee, William Shakespeare"'', indeed.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadars: The characters use rather colorful and downright filthy language, but F-bombs are avoided by using the Elizabethan slang instead. ''"Swive thee, William Shakespeare"'', indeed.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Will and Kit have a... complicated relationship.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Majority of the cast of characters.characters, including cameos from Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Bacon and Dr. John Dee.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Roberth Southwell.Southwell.
* YourCheatingHeart: London offers many temptations to a married man...
* YourCheatingHeart: London offers many temptations to a married man...
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnTrueStory: The show could be said to be doing the same thing to Shakespeare's life as he himself did to many historical characters that predated him.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnTrueStory: VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The show could be said to be doing the same thing to Shakespeare's life as he himself did to many historical characters that predated him.
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* GetTheeToANunnery: Played with a lot. For obvious reasons.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Majority of the cast of characters.
* HomoeroticSubtext: There's some major BelligerentSexualTension going on between Will and Kit Marlowe.
* HomoeroticSubtext: There's some major BelligerentSexualTension going on between Will and Kit Marlowe.
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* RaisedCatholic: Will himself in this adaptation of his life. It is also a major plot point.
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* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler: Alice's mother]] asks Will to be this in regards of his relationship with [[spoiler: her daughter]]. He complies to a devastating effect.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Roberth Southwell.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Roberth Southwell.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Alice's parents try to set her up with Keenan, the theatre's beer provider.
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* DoubleAgent: Kit works as a spy for Walsingham -- when he feels like it. Sometimes he feels like doing the opposite, or playing for both teams at once.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: [[spoiler: Will and Alice]] have ''loud'' sex in Hell, a.k.a. the space under the stage. While her mother is showing her would-be suitor around in the theatre.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: [[spoiler: Will and Alice]] have ''loud'' sex in Hell, a.k.a. the space under the stage. While her mother is showing her would-be suitor around in the theatre.
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* PurelyAestheticEra: Mixes 1970s glam rock/punk music and aesthetics with the Elizabethan era in similar manner as ''AKnightsTale''.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Richard Topcliffe, Queen Elizabeth's primary investigator and torturer is not a nice man.
* ShownTheirWork: Despite some (often very deliberate) anachronisms, the show is very well researched, often delving into lesser known facts or theories about the period and the life of its titular character.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Alice.
* SweetPollyOliver: Alice often dresses as a boy for safety and convenience, possibly inspiring some of Will's female characters.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Richard Topcliffe, Queen Elizabeth's primary investigator and torturer is not a nice man.
* ShownTheirWork: Despite some (often very deliberate) anachronisms, the show is very well researched, often delving into lesser known facts or theories about the period and the life of its titular character.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Alice.
* SweetPollyOliver: Alice often dresses as a boy for safety and convenience, possibly inspiring some of Will's female characters.
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''Will'' is an American drama television series about the life of young Creator/WilliamShakespeare in the late 16th century London theatre scene. It was created by Creator/BazLuhrmann's frequent collaborator Creator/CraigPearce and premiered on Creator/{{TNT}} in July, 2017.
It features actor Creator/LaurieDavidson (in his first major role) as Shakespeare, Creator/JamieCampbellBower as his friend and rival Creator/ChristopherMarlowe and Creator/ColmMeaney as theatre owner James Burbage.
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It features actor Creator/LaurieDavidson (in his first major role) as Shakespeare, Creator/JamieCampbellBower as his friend and rival Creator/ChristopherMarlowe and Creator/ColmMeaney as theatre owner James Burbage.
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