The Playwright as Poet: Multi talented writers are rare, we focus on playwrights that chose to explore poetry in this collection.

Two sides of the same coin most would say. And without doubt for the majority of authors in this wide-ranging collection that would be absolutely right.

Shakespeare was equally at home with drama or poetry, but he was exceptional. We have not seen his like before or since on such a scale. His contemporaries Fletcher, Fairfax and the many more that followed sometimes also wove their verse into their dramas and comedies, others such as Marlowe and Behn wrote both within their plays and as sepa...