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works of uncertain authorship -
works only partly attributed to Shakespeare


General texts on apocrypha - Cardenio - Arden of Feversham - A Yorkshire Tragedy - Cromwell - Edward III - Sir Thomas More - The Birth of Merlin - Faire Em - The Merry Devill of Edmonton - The tragedy of Locrine - Mucedorus - The London Prodigall - The Puritane - The Two Noble Kinsmen - Sir John Oldcastle - Sonnets to sundry notes of music - Shall I Fly, Shall I Die - A Funeral Elegy

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General texts on apocrypha etc.

Doyle, James. The Shakespeare Apocrypha. A list of 42 plays attributed to Shakespeare, with notes. [http://www.republicofheaven.org.uk/sh_apocrypha.htm] (April 04)

Chronological List of References to Shakespeare as Author/Poet/Playwright [http://www.clark.net/pub/tross/ws/name3.html]

The Shakespeare Apocrypha. ed. by C. F. Tucker Brooke (1908) [www.webincunabula.com/html/english/books/a/shakapoc.html]

Plays of Uncertain Authorship Attributed to Shakespeare: The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [http://www.bartelby.com/215/1001.html]

Wilhelm Schlegel: Doubtful Plays of Shakespeare. (from: Characters of Shakespeare's Plays. William Hazlitt. London: MacMillan and Co., 1908. p. 204-10. [http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/shakespeare029.html] (July 2002)

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Cardenio (The Second Maiden's Tragedy?)

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online editions

Middleton, Thomas.
The Second Maiden's Tragedy. full text, modernized spelling and notes [http://www.tech.org/~cleary/2mt.html] (Jan. 2002)

sources

Don Quixote en Inglaterra (Spanish) [http://www.donquixote.com/eninglaterra.html] (Jan. 2002)

Cervantes, Miguel de.
Don Quixote ch. 36. [http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/40/] (Jan. 2002)

Early Spanish Influences in English Drama (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume VIII. The Age of Dryden.) [http://www.bartleby.com/218/0513.html] (Jan. 2002)

authorship debate

a) Shakespeare or Shakespeare and Fletcher

Little is known... [http://www.wam.umd.edu/~david/cardenio1.htm]

Shakespeare and Fletcher? A play called Cardenio was certainly performed at Court by Shakespeare's company, the King's Men, and the Stationer's Register lists it as written by Shakespeare and Fletcher. [http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLTnoframes/life/finalplays.html#fn1] (Jan. 2002)

Authorship debate:
Shakespeare and Fletcher. [http://www.nexttheatre.org/archives/carddb.htm] (Jan. 2002)

Hamilton, Charles.
Cardenio or The Second Maiden's Tragedy. [http://www.glenbridgepublishing.com/html/cardenio.htm] (Jan. 2002)

b) Thomas Middleton

Whose Play? [http://www.tech.org/~cleary/2mt.html#NOTES] (Jan. 2002)

productions, performances

1994, Neuss. Cardenio or The Second Maiden's Tragedy. Rheinisches Landestheater, dir. Brian Michaels [http://www.rlt-neuss.de/ensemble/]
Neuss Globe: [http://www.neuss.de/kultur/highlights/infoglob.html]

Next Theatre Company.
cast [http://www.nexttheatre.org/archives/cardcast.htm] review (?2001?) [http://www.nexttheatre.org/archives/cardrvws.htm] (Jan. 2002)

The Open Circle Theatre, Seattle. dir. Melanie White. [http://www.opencircletheater.org/press_release.asp?press=5]

adaptations in literature

Gryphius, Andreas. "Cardenio u. Celinde"

Theobald, Lewis. Double Falsehood. 1728.

criticism

Hamilton, Charles.
Cardenio or The Second Maiden's Tragedy. [http://www.glenbridgepublishing.com/html/cardenio.htm] (Jan. 2002)

Salerno, Henry F. Double Falshood and Shakespeare's Cardenio: A Study of a "Lost" Play (Paperback - January 2001) (order at
Amazon)

in the classroom

Cummings, Michael.
The Complete Shakespeare - Study Guide to Shakespeare. [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#top] (Jan. 2002)

Cardenio, plot summary [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#topwords.html#Cardenio]

Cardenio, synopsis [http://www.nexttheatre.org/archives/cardsyn.htm]

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The Tragedy of Mr Arden of Feversham

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online editions

Arden of Feversham: [http://info.ox.ac.uk/ctitext/history/ota1.txt]

Arden of Feversham, The Shakespeare Apocrypha ed. by C. F. Tucker Brooke (1908) [http://www.webincunabula.com/html/english/books/a/shakapoc.html#p1]
No longer avaible. Try: via w
eb archive
[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.webincunabula.com/html/english/books/a/shakapoc.html#p1]

Arden of Feversham ed. William Harris [http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/arden.html] (May 2002)

historical context

Alice Arden of Feversham, The Complete Newgate Calender Vol. 1 [http://www.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/newgate/arden.htm]

Faversham: [http://www.faversham.org/GENERAL/history.htm] (May 2002)

criticism

Moulton: From The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, ed. Charles Wells Moulton, 8 vols. (London: Moulton Publishing, 1901), 1: 541-43. [Prepared and proofread by Deborah Hill.] [http://geocities.com/litpageplus/shakmoul-rejplays.html]

Arden of Feversham, The Shakespeare Apocrypha ed. by C. F. Tucker Brooke (1908) http://www.webincunabula.com/html/english/books/a/shakapoc.html#p1

Arden of Feversham: deliberate bluntness of the story and unattractiveness of the hero. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [http://www.bartelby.com/215/1003.html]

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A Yorkshire Tragedy

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online editions

A Yorkshire Tragedy, Thomas Middleton. [http://www.tech.org/~cleary/yorksh.html]

A Yorkshire Tragedy, (Folio 1664) ed. Michael Best [http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/DraftTxt/Yrk/] (May 2002)

A Yorkshire Tragedy, Shakespeare Apocrypha, Project Gutenberg [digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/ gutbook/lookup?num=4255] (May 2002)

criticism

A Yorkshire Tragedy . The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [http://www.bartelby.com/215/1004.html]

Moulton: From The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, ed. Charles Wells Moulton, 8 vols. (London: Moulton Publishing, 1901), 1: 541-43. [Prepared and proofread by Deborah Hill.] [http://geocities.com/litpageplus/shakmoul-rejplays.html]

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The Life and Death of the Lord Cromwell

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on-line editions

Cromwell, Hypertext Meanings and Commentaries from the Encyclopedia of the Self by Mark Zimmerman [http://www.selfknowledge.com/1ws4910.htm]
Cromwell , Gutenberg release [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1736] (Nov. 2001)

criticism

Cromwell. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. http://www.bartelby.com/215/1006.html

Moulton: From The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, ed. Charles Wells Moulton, 8 vols. (London: Moulton Publishing, 1901), 1: 541-43. [Prepared and proofread by Deborah Hill.] [http://geocities.com/litpageplus/shakmoul-rejplays.html]

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Sir Thomas More

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on-line editions

Sir Thomas More (Harleian MS 7368). Hypertext Meanings and Commentaries from the Encyclopedia of the Self by Mark Zimmerman [http://www.selfknowledge.com/1ws4710.htm]

Anon.
Sir Thomas More [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/AnoTMor.html]

Sir Thomas More. Gutenberg. [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1547] (Nov. 2001)

historical background

The Life of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) [http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/morebio.htm] (May 2002)

criticism

Sir Thomas More, its scholarly character and political tone. Plays of uncertain authorship, The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1007.html]

Acheson, Arthur. Shakespeare, Chapman and Sir Thomas More, 1931. Introduction [http://www.crosswinds.net/~newa_lopez/html/english/books/shakchap.htm]

Prince, Diana.
New Evidence of an Authorhip Problem [http://www.shakespeare-authorship.com/resources/more.asp] (May 2002)

Kathman, David.
Shakespeare's Hand in Sir Thomas More [http://shakespeareauthorship.com/more.html] (May 2002)

Werstine, Paul, King's College, U. of Western Ontario.
The Second Material Version of Scene 4 of Sir Thomas More. MLS, 2002 [http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/07-3/07-3toc.htm] (Febr. 2002)


in the classroom

Cummings, Michael.
The Complete Shakespeare - Study Guide to Shakespeare. [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#top] (Jan. 2002) Thomas More: summary, analysis.
[http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#topThomas More.html#More]

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The Birth of Merlin

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on-line editions

Rowley, William:
The Birth of Merlin [http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/rowley.htm]

sources, adaptations

Merlin: texts (medieval and modern), images, basic information, bibliography [http://www.ub.rug.nl/camelot/merlmenu.htm]

criticism

The Birth of Merlin: its probable authors The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1008.html]

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Faire Em

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online editions

Fair Em. Project Gutenberg edition [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/5137] (April 04)

criticism


Faire Em. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [http://www.bartelby.com/215/1009.html]

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The Merry Devill of Edmonton

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online editions

The Merry Devill of Edmonton. Project Gutenberg edition [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=4774] (May 2002)

The Merry Devill of Edmonton ed. Tony Adam. [http://www.blackmask.com/books69c/mdevi.htm] (May 2002)

translations

Der lustige Teufel von Edmonton, Ludwig Tieck 1821. Ernst Ortlepp, 1840.

historical background

Edmonton [http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/G-Edmonton.html] (May 2002)

criticism

The Merry Devill of Edmonton, The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [http://www.bartelby.com/215/1010.html]

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The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine

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online editions

The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine; and Mucedorus . Hypertext Meanings and Commentaries from the Encyclopedia of the Self by Mark Zimmerman [http://www.selfknowledge.com/1ws4810.htm]

The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine; and Mucedorus. Gutenberg project. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1548] (Nov. 2001)

The Tragedy of Locrine. ed. Michael Best [http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/DraftTxt/Loc/] (May 2002)

sources

Bulfinch's
Mythology, Age of Chivalry, Part I, ch. 2. [http://www.bulfinch.org/tales/chiv02.html] (May 2002)

The legend of Sabrina [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/5386/sabrina.htm] (May 2002)

Spencer's
Faerie Queene, B.2 canto X [http://camelot.celtic-twilight.com/faerie_queene/faerie_queene_b2c10.htm] (May 2002)

literary adaptations


Milton, John.
Comus. introduction, texts, critical essays etc. ed. Helen Hull, Meg Pearson, and Erin Sadlack [http://www.mith.umd.edu/comus/final/] (May 2002)

Seman, Cary.
Locrine (poem, 1990) [http://www2.aphelion-webzine.com/poetry/locrine.htm]

Swinburne, A.C. Locrine a tragedy. 1887.

criticism

Locrine: points of resemblance to the Spanish Tragedy. [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1002.html] (May 2002)
Relations between Locrine and Selimus [www.bartleby.com/215/0419.html] (May 2002)

Hopkins, Lisa.
We were the Trojans. British National Identities in 1633. Renaissance Studies Vol. 16.01 [http://www3.oup.co.uk/renstu/current/pdf/160036.pdf] (May 2002)


 
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Mucedorus

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online editions

The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine; and Mucedorus . Hypertext Meanings and Commentaries from the Encyclopedia of the Self by Mark Zimmerman [http://www.selfknowledge.com/1ws4810.htm]

The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine; and Mucedorus. Gutenberg project. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1548] (Nov. 2001)

critical texts

Mucedorus. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [http://www.bartelby.com/215/1011.html]

 
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The London Prodigall

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online editions

The London Prodigall, Gutenberg release. [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=4031] (Nov. 2001)


criticism


The London Prodigall . The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [www.bartleby.com/215/1012.html]

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The Puritane

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online editions

The Puritane Widdow. Project Gutenberg [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/4214] (April 04)

criticism


The Puritane . The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907&endash;21). Volume V. The Drama to 1642, Part One. [www.bartleby.com/215/1013.html]

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Sir John Oldcastle

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online editions

Sir John Oldcastle. Gutenberg. [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1788] (Nov. 2001)

historical context

Sir John Oldcastle. Biography [http://shakespeare.eb.com/shakespeare/micro/437/16.html]

criticism

Moulton: From The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, ed. Charles Wells Moulton, 8 vols. (London: Moulton Publishing, 1901), 1: 541-43. [Prepared and proofread by Deborah Hill.] [http://geocities.com/litpageplus/shakmoul-rejplays.html]

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Sonnets to sundry notes of music

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on-line editions
Sonnets to sundry notes of music Hypertext Meanings and Commentaries from the Encyclopedia of the Self by Mark Zimmerman [http://www.selfknowledge.com/1ws4610.htm]


A Funeral Elegy for Master William Peter by W.S.

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on-line editions

A Funeral Elegy by W. S. [http://www.u.arizona.edu/~brooke/funeral.html]

A Funeral Elegy for Master William Peter [http://mbhs.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cybereng/ebooks/elegy.htm]

criticism / authorship debate

a) It's by Shakespeare:


Interview with Donald Foster (NewsHour Online) [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/shake_1-15.html] (May 2002)

Craig, Hugh.
Common words frequencies, Shakespeare's style and the Elegy by W. S. Early Modern Literary Studies 8.1 (May 2002) [http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/08-1/craistyl.htm]

Kathman, David.
Don Foster and the Funeral Elegy. [http://shakespeareauthorship.com/elegydf.html]

Lawrence, Sean.
A Review of "A Funeral Elegy" Early Modern Literary Studies 2.3 (Dec. 1996) [http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/02-3/rev_law2.html] (May 2002)

b) It's not by Shakespeare, after all:

Rick Abrams and Don Foster say: It's not by Shakespeare [http://www.shaksper.net/archives/2002/1484.html] (June 2002)

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General texts on apocrypha - Cardenio - Arden of Feversham - A Yorkshire Tragedy - Cromwell - Edward III - Sir Thomas More - The Birth of Merlin - Faire Em - The Merry Devill of Edmonton - The tragedy of Locrine - Mucedorus - The London Prodigall - The Puritane - The Two Noble Kinsmen - Sir John Oldcastle - Sonnets to sundry notes of music - Shall I Fly, Shall I Die - A Funeral Elegy



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