Plays, playscripts

Thomas Dekker was a playwright, pamphleteer and poet who, perhaps, deserves greater recognition than he has so far gained.

Thomas Dekker was a playwright, pamphleteer and poet who, perhaps, deserves greater recognition than he has so far gained.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

Born in 1857 in Poland, Joseph Conrad became a British citizen just before he turned 30.

Robert Southey was born on the 12th of August 1774 in Bristol.

Algernon Charles Swinburne was born on April 5th, 1837, in London, into a wealthy Northumbrian family.

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, but more commonly known as just Byron was a leading English poet in the Romantic Movement along with Keats and Shelley.

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, but more commonly known as just Byron was a leading English poet in the Romantic Movement along with Keats and Shelley.

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, but more commonly known as just Byron was a leading English poet in the Romantic Movement along with Keats and Shelley.

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, but more commonly known as just Byron was a leading English poet in the Romantic Movement along with Keats and Shelley.

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, but more commonly known as just Byron was a leading English poet in the Romantic Movement along with Keats and Shelley.

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, but more commonly known as just Byron was a leading English poet in the Romantic Movement along with Keats and Shelley.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24th 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to an upper-middle-class family.

Henry Fielding was born at Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury, in Somerset on April 22nd 1707.

Henry Fielding was born at Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury, in Somerset on April 22nd 1707.