Good Friday a Play in Verse Author:John Masefield 1917. Poet, novelist, dramatist and journalist, Masefield's literary career was a varied one. He went to sea as a youth and his first volumes of poems earned him the title of Poet of the Sea. He was a prolific writer, publishing poetry and novels as well as taking on editorial tasks. In 1930 he became Poet Laureate, a post he retained until his ... more »death 37 years later. The events of Good Friday as told in verse. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.« less