The Amelia Project · Imploding Fictions

Will (1596 to 1600)

June 21, 2024·49 min·4 clips
A stagehand confesses he wrote Romeo and Juliet while Shakespeare suffers a three-year creative block.
In 1596-1600, The Amelia Project helps three ghostwriters—Adam Bakewell, Master Miller, and Ned Fitton—fake their deaths to escape the pressure of writing plays for William Shakespeare, who suffers a creative block. The agents use absurd methods like crossbow accidents and fake executions, while moving their base to the backstage of theatres. The episode blends historical fiction with black comedy, exploring themes of artistic identity and secrecy.

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A playwright's escape plan turns swans, censorship, and a fake hanging into brisk farce.

This episode follows a pressured playwright into a disappearance scheme built on a seditious pamphlet, a staged death, a Tower sentence, and a hanging meant to look final.

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You want an escape plan with swans and a fake hanging.

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