At first he mirrored plays that he could see on every London stage, where it would seem he mimicked Marlowe's line - then suddenly amazed the world with his Midsummer Dream. Then late in life, in sorrow he'd explore man's evil heart and in his fury rage in violent voices never heard before - to mount his scenes of horror on the stage. But how from clever mimicry he'd go to sudden glory, no one would ever know.