Mike Bartlett on the advantages of writing in verse

He discovered that one advantage of writing iambic pentameters, which may have been one of the attractions to Shakespeare, is that it's hard to cut or change because the removal of a single word disrupts the rhythm: "Yes, it's hard to rewrite and the actors can't come up with their own lines, which can happen with prose plays. These are all added bonuses of writing in verse that I've discovered."