An Anthology of Poetry for Shakespeare

by Charles Osborne

Poems interacting with Shakespeare's reputation, characters, and ideas.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Charles Thomas Osborne was a journalist, theatre and opera critic, poet and novelist. He was assistant editor of The London Magazine from 1958 until 1966, literature director of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1971 until 1986, and chief theatre critic of Daily Telegraph (London) from 1986 to 1991. He is the only author the Agatha Christie Estate has ever allowed to produce adapted works in her name. (wikipedia)

Reviews

[Michael P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

An anthology of poems that respond to Shakespeare's reputation, characters, and ideas. Contributors include W.H. Auden, Ted Hughes, C. Day Lewis, Stephen Spender, Robert Graves, D.J.Enright, Wole Soyinka, Seamus Heaney, Michael Schmidt, Roy Fuller and Peter Porter. I find the collection uneven in interest and in quality, but with some very strong work especially in the first third of the book.