George Chapman's All Fools - some wit, some wealth

George Chapman has the funny distinction of being famous, courtesy of Keats, but unread. He was one of the finest poets and playwrights of the Age of Shakespeare, one of the great Not Shakespeares. His 1604 comedy All Fools gives a good idea of how he is good and why he is little read. All Fools is a blend of two Terence plays, much like Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors is a mix of two Plautus…