Some think him pointlessly obscure, others acclaim him as a literary genius. As the long-awaited publication of JH Prynne's Collected Poems makes his work of extraordinary ambition and complexity widely available for the first time in three decades,
Patrick Wright explores the work and reclusive reputation of the man some consider to be Britain's most important poet. Plus first-night news from the Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford and the opening of Michael Attenborough 's new production of Othello, the first to play there for more than ten years. Producer Paul Quinn