Well it's certainly no Djuna Barnes. Shakespeare? He can do Shakespeare. Though he'd rather a good novel any day of the week, he can appreciate a solid play now and again.

Charlie taps his fingers across the spines of the books within reach and nods appreciatively. "I can't imagine they'd all be gone. Not like the man's repertoire was particularly thin." Not the most prolific writer of his time by a long shot, by the thirty-odd-seven plays he'd penned wasn't exactly a small number either. If Great Expectations managed to make it this far, surely at least a copy of King Lear or A Midsummer Night's Dream made it through.

"Personally I've always been keen on Henry IV, but I wouldn't get my hopes up for that one."