William Ernest Henley — better known as the poet of ‘Invictus’ — collaborated with Robert Louis Stevenson on several plays during the 1880s. The partnership produced works including Deacon Brodie, Beau Austin, Admiral Guinea, and Macaire, drawing on Scottish history and swashbuckling romance in ways that reflect the adventurous spirit of Stevenson’s fiction.
These collaborative dramas offer a distinctive window into the Victorian theatrical world and the friendship between two major literary figures. This free EPUB collects the plays, cleanly formatted for any e-reader.