"Shakespearean Sitcom: Upstart Crow, Shakespeare's Plays and the Problem of Literature on Television"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo897/
Author:
	Winckler, Reto.
Type:
	Book Chapter
Year:
	2021
Publication Information:
	Winckler, Television Series as Literature, 313–31.
:
	Winckler, Television Series as Literature
Annotation:
	Argues that in the sitcom Upstart Crow (BBC Two, q.v.), Ben Elton positions Shakespeare's character as a working-class hero, playing with the high culture/literary divide of Shakespeare's plays and low culture status of sitcoms. Suggests Elton's writing, too, is "a work of literature."
Language:
	English
Cross-References:
	Lipsey, Upstart Crow
Persons:
	Huertas-Martín, Víctor; Elton, Ben
Tags:
	Film, Cinema, Television, Radio, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Winter 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo897