The Shakespearian Lead
Backstage he summons his muse
silently mouthing the verse
he soon will use
to enslave us. His method - to rehearse
and then deliver - has no compare;
his interpretation of Elizabethan gems
a subtle talent all too rare.
Yet this borrowed stratagem
leaves him tortured by an urge to write
constantly unsure how fair
it is (enter stage right
spot-lit in the charged air
he fuels so well)
that their double-act is a billing guaranteed to sell.