Indeed, I think it's actually been quite a topic of fascination for the Brits for a long time now.

For example, immediately after Shakespeare, a VERY POPULAR Carolinian era play, that was attended by many at the time was called:

"Tis Pity She's a Whore", by John Ford.

It's all about a brother and sister who fall romantically in love with each other, and are unable to stop themselves from consummating their desire/romance, which then unfurls into a very intense series of tragic events for the siblings.

In terms of writing style, story telling, it's actually one of my favorite all time dramas (despite the creepy subject matter).

SIDENOTE TANGENT:

When many people think of drama in this era, they tend to focus only on the Shakespearean era (aka: "Elizabethan Drama").

While yes, Shakespeare is obviously amazing, so too is the era for dramatic works that follows right afterwards (Carolinian era).

Shakespeare was the trail blazer that set that next great era of drama into motion, and yet most people don't know about those plays from authors that immediately followed Shakespeare, and they are no longer widely taught in schools sadly.

In my opinion, the Carolinian era was truly an artistic explosion of great, psychologically in depth plays, beautifully written, that for me were just as interesting as Shakespeare's works.

I guess the best way to describe what has happened here:

It's almost as if people in the far future only remember the Beatles when it comes to 1960's music, no longer aware of all the great 60's music that was touched off by the Beatles.

Sure the Beatles are great... but there is so much other amazing musical stuff that follows immediately afterwards, inspired in part by them.

And so to, the same happened immediately after Shakespeare in the Carolinian era, with Shakespeare encouraging a wide range of incredible dramatic plays by other authors... which are now no longer well known in our modern era anymore.