Introduction
to Plays of Robert Greene.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v05
, William Shakespeare, vol.
1, pp.
313-356, 1898,
and the articles on Shakespeare and Southampton by Lee, S. , in the Dict.
of Nat. Biogr.
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441
Venus and Adonis. Richard Field, 1593. Other eds. : 1594; 1596; 1599;
(1600); 1602; 1617; 1620; Edinburgh, 1627; 1630; (1630? ); 1636 ;
1675.
Facsimiles of the first ed. , 1593: by Griggs, W. , ed. Symons, A. ,
1886; with introduction and bibliography by Lee, S. , Oxford, 1905.
Facsimile of the 1594 ed. , by Ashbee, E. W. , 1867. The 1599 ed. was
rptd, with The Passionate Pilgrim, by Edmonds, C. (Isham Reprints),
in 1870.
Därnhofer, M. Shakespeares Venus and Adonis im Verhältnis zu Ovids
Metamorphosen und Constables Schäfergesang. Halle, 1890. (Diss. )
Morgan, J. A. Venus and Adonis, a study in Warwickshire dialect.
New York S. Society, 1885.
5. PLAYS OF UNCERTAIN AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTED TO SHAKESPEARE.
I. Texts.
(a) Collected Editions.
Brooke, C. F. T. The Shakespeare Apocrypha. Oxford, 1908.
the plays dealt with in this chapter, with the addition of Sir John Old-
castle; a critical edition, with introduction, notes and bibliography.
Delius, N. Pseudo-Shakespeare'sche Dramen. 5 parts. Elberfeld, 1854-74.
Contains: Edward III; Arden of Feversham; The Birth of Merlin;
Mucedorus; Fair Em.
Hopkinson, A. F. Shakespeare's Doubtful Plays. 3 vols. 1891-5. Contains
all the plays dealt with in this chapter, with the exception of Arden
of Feversham and Sir Thomas More.
Malone, E. Supplement to Johnson and Steevens's edition of Shake-
speare's Playg. 1780. Contains: Locrine; Thomas, Lord Cromwell;
The London Prodigal; The Puritan; A Yorkshire Tragedy.
Warnke, K. and Proescholt, L. Pseudo-Shakespearian Plays. 5 vols. Halle,
1883-8. Fair Em (1883); The Merry Devil (1884); Edward III (1886);
The Birth of Merlin (1887); Arden of Feversham (1888). This is a
critical edition of the doubtful plays, with introduction and notes.
(6) Particular Plays.
Arden of Feversham. The lamentable and true tragedie of M. Arden of
Feversham in Kent. Who was most wickedlye murdered, by the meanes
of his disloyall and wanton wyfe, who for the love she bare to one Mosbie,
hyred two desperat ruffins Blackwill and Shakbag, to kill him. Wherin
is shewed the great mallice and discimulation of a wicked woman, the
unsatiable desire of fithie lust and the shamefull end of all murderers.
1592.
Ed. Jacob, E. , 1770; Bullen, A. H. , 1887; Bayne, R. , 1897.
Birth of Merlin, The; or, the Child hath found his Father. As it hath been
several times acted with great applause. Written by William Shake-
spear, and William Rowley. 1662.
Ed. Jacob, T. E. , in Old English Dramas, 1889.
Edward III. The Raigne of King Edward the Third: As it hath bin sundrie
times plaied about the Citie of London. 1596.
Ed. Capell, E. , in Prolusions or Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry,
1760; Collier, J. P. , 1874; Furnivall, F. J. , in the Leopold Shakespeare,
1877; Smith, G. C. Moore, 1897.
Fair Em. A pleasant comedie of Faire Em, the Millers Daughter of Man-
chester. With the love of William the Conqueror. As it was sundry
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442
Bibliography
times publiquely acted in the Honourable Citie of London, by the right
Honourable the Lord Strange his Servants. 1631.
Ed. Chetwood, W. R. , 1750; Simpson, R. , in The School of Shake-
speare, vol. 11, 1878.
Locrine. The lamentable tragedie of Locrine, the eldest sonne of King
Brutus discoursing the warres of the Britaines, and Hunnes, with their
discomfiture: The Britaines victorie with their Accidents and the death
of Albanact. No lesse pleasant then profitable. Newly set foorth, over-
seene and corrected. By W. S. 1595.
Ed. McKerrow, R. B. and Greg, W. W. , Malone Society Reprints,
1908.
Merry Devill of Edmonton, The. As it hath beene sundry times acted by his
Majesties Servants, at the Globe, on the banke-side. 1608.
Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. x, 1875; Walker, H. , 1897.
Mucedorus. A most pleasant comedie of Mucedorus the kings sonne of
Valentia and Amadine the kings daughter of Arragon, with the merie
conceites of Mouse. Newly set foorth, as it hath bin sundrie times plaide in
the honourable Cittie of London. Very delectable and full of mirth. 1598.
Ed. Collier, J. P. , 1824; Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. v11, 1874; Warnke, K. ,
and Proescholdt, L. , Halle, 1878.
Puritaine, The, or the Widdow of Watling-streete. Acted by the Children
of Paules. Written by W. S. 1607.
Sir Thomas More.
Ed. Dyce, A. , for Shakespeare Society, 1844; Hopkinson, A. F. , 1902
(private circulation).
Thomas, Lord Cromwell. The true chronicle historie of the whole life and
death of Thomas Lord Cromwell. As it hath beene sundrie times
publikely acted by the Right Honorable the Lord Chamberlaine his
Servants. Written by W. S. 1602.
Ed. Jacob, T. E. , 1889.
Two Noble Kinsmen, The: Presented at the Black-friers by the Kings
Majesties servants, with great applause: Written by the memorable
worthies of their time; Mr. John Fletcher, and Mr. William Shakspeare.
Gent. 1634.
Ed. Knight, C. , Pictorial Shakespeare, vol. vii, 1842; Skeat, W. W. ,
1875; Littledale, H. , New Shakspere Society Publications, 1876 [a
scholarly reprint, with introduction and notes, of the quarto edition of
1634]; Furnivall, F. J. , in The Leopold Shakespeare, 1877; Rolfe, W. J. ,
1891; Hudson, H. N. , in The Windsor Shakespeare; Herford, C. H. ,
1897; also in Dyce's edition of Shakespeare's Works, 1876, and in editions
of the works of Beaumont and Fletcher.
Yorkshire Tragedy, A. Not so new as lamentable and true. Acted by his
Majesties Players at the Globe. Written by W. Shakspeare. 1608.
II. Critical Works and Essays.
Many of the editions of the doubtful plays noticed above contain criticall
introductions.
(a) General.
Boas, F. S. Introduction to Works of Thomas Kyd. 1901.
Collins, J. C.
Introduction to Plays of Robert Greene. 2 vols. 1905.
Elze, K. Notes on Elizabethan Dramatists. Halle, 1889.
## p. 443 (#467) ############################################
Chapters VIII–XII
-
443
Friesen, Frhr. H. von. Flüchtige Bemerkungen über einige Stücke, welche
Shakespeare zugeschrieben werden. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. I, 1866.
Hopkinson, A. F. Essays on Shakespeare's Doubtful Plays. 1900.
Horn, F. Shakespeare's Schauspiele erlåntert. Vol. v. 1823.
Knight, C. Studies of Shakespeare. 1849.
Mézières, A. J. F. Prédécesseurs et Contemporains de Shakespeare. 3rd
ed. Paris, 1881.
Sachs, R. Die Shakespeare zugeschriebenen zweifelhaften Stücke. Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. XXVII, 1892.
Schelling, F. E. The English Chronicle Play. New York, 1902.
Simpson, R. On some plays attributed to Shakspere (Mucedorus and Fair
Em). N. Shaksp. Soc. Trans. , 1875-6.
Spalding, W. Recent Shakespearian Literature. Edinburgh Review, vol. LXXI,
July 1840.
Symonds, J. A. Shakespeare's Predecessors in the English Drama. 1884.
Vincke, Frhr. G. von. Die zweifelhaften Stücke Shakespeare's. Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. VII1, 1873.
See, also, the works of Brandes, G. , Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. , Lee, S. ,
Swinburne, A. C. , in sec. 8 (c) and those of Chasles, P. , and Guizot, F. ,
in sec. 12 IV i; of Tieck, J. L. , in sec. 12 III ii (f), and of Ulrici, H. , in
sec. 12 IV of the present bibliography; also Collier, Courthope, Fleay,
Chronicle History, Lamb's Specimens, Morley, H. , Schelling's Eliza-
bethan Drama, Schlegel, Ward, in the General Bibliography of the
present volume.
(6) Particular Plays.
Arden of Feversham. Donne, C. E. , An Essay on the Tragedy of Arden of
Feversham, 1873; Crawford, C. , The Authorship of A. of F. (Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. XXXIX, pp. 74-86); White, R. Grant, Studies, no. 5, 1885;
Sarrazin, G. , Thomas Kyd und sein Kreis, Berlin, 1892; Miksch, W. ,
Die Verfasserschaft des Arden of Feversham, Breslau, 1907.
Birth of Merlin, The. Howe, F. A. , The Authorship of the Birth of Merlin,
in Modern Philology, vol. iv, pp. 193 f.
Edward III. Friesen, H. Frhr. von, Edward III, angeblich ein Stück
von Shakespeare, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. II; Collier, J. P. , Edward III,
The Athenæum, 28 March 1874; Vincke, Frhr. von, König Edward III
-ein Bühnenstück? in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XIV; Teetgen, Shake-
speare's King Edward III, 1875; On the Historical Play of Edward III,
in Gentleman's Magazine, Aug. and Sept. 1879; Liebau, G. , Eduard III
und die Gräfin von Salisbury, in Litterarische Forschungen, herausgegeben
von J. Schick und M. Frhrv. Waldberg, Heft XIII, Berlin, 1901; Phipson,
Emma, On Edward III, N. Shaksp. Soc. Trans. , 1887-92, part III.
Fair Em. Schick, J. , Introduction to Kyd's Spanish Tragedy, 1898.
Locrine. Koeppel, E. , 'Locrine' und 'Selimus. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XLI,
pp. 193-200; Crawford, C. Spenser, 'Locrine,' and 'Selimus,' in Notes and
Queries, 1901, nos. 161, 163, 165, 168, 171, 174, 177; Erbe, T. , Die Locrine
Saga, in Studien zur engl. Philologie, part 16, Halle, 1904; Gaud, W. S. ,
The Authorship of Locrine, in Modern Philology, vol. 1, no. 3, Chicago, 1904.
Merry Devill of Edmonton, The. Hazlitt, W. , Lectures on Dramatic Litera-
ture, Lect. v, 1820.
Mucedorus. Wagner, W. , Über und zu Macedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
XI, pp. 59 f. ; Neue Conjecturen zum Mucedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
XIV, p. 274; Elze, K. , Noten und Conjecturen, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XIII,
## p. 444 (#468) ############################################
444
Bibliography
p. 45; Nachträgliche Bemerkungen zu Mucedoras und Fair Em, in
Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. xv. p. 339; Last Notes on Mucedorus, in Engl. Stud.
vol. vi, p. 3; Soffé, E. , Ist Mucedorus ein Schauspiel Shakespeare's?
(Programm der Oberrealschule in Brünn), 1887; Greg, W. W. , On the
Editions of Mucedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. xl, pp. 95–108.
Puritaine, The. Bullen, A. H. , Introduction to Works of Thomas Middleton.
1885.
Sir Thomas More. Simpson, R. , Are there any extant MSS in Shakespeare's
Handwriting, in Notes and Queries, 1 July 1871, 12 Sept. 1872; Sped-
ding, J. , On a Question concerning a supposed specimen of Shakespeare's
handwriting, Reviews and Discussions, pp. 376 f. , 1879; Nicholson, B. ,
The Plays of Sir Thomas More and Hamlet, in Notes and Queries, 29 Nov.
1883.
and the articles on Shakespeare and Southampton by Lee, S. , in the Dict.
of Nat. Biogr.
## p. 441 (#465) ############################################
Chapters
VIII-XII
441
Venus and Adonis. Richard Field, 1593. Other eds. : 1594; 1596; 1599;
(1600); 1602; 1617; 1620; Edinburgh, 1627; 1630; (1630? ); 1636 ;
1675.
Facsimiles of the first ed. , 1593: by Griggs, W. , ed. Symons, A. ,
1886; with introduction and bibliography by Lee, S. , Oxford, 1905.
Facsimile of the 1594 ed. , by Ashbee, E. W. , 1867. The 1599 ed. was
rptd, with The Passionate Pilgrim, by Edmonds, C. (Isham Reprints),
in 1870.
Därnhofer, M. Shakespeares Venus and Adonis im Verhältnis zu Ovids
Metamorphosen und Constables Schäfergesang. Halle, 1890. (Diss. )
Morgan, J. A. Venus and Adonis, a study in Warwickshire dialect.
New York S. Society, 1885.
5. PLAYS OF UNCERTAIN AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTED TO SHAKESPEARE.
I. Texts.
(a) Collected Editions.
Brooke, C. F. T. The Shakespeare Apocrypha. Oxford, 1908.
the plays dealt with in this chapter, with the addition of Sir John Old-
castle; a critical edition, with introduction, notes and bibliography.
Delius, N. Pseudo-Shakespeare'sche Dramen. 5 parts. Elberfeld, 1854-74.
Contains: Edward III; Arden of Feversham; The Birth of Merlin;
Mucedorus; Fair Em.
Hopkinson, A. F. Shakespeare's Doubtful Plays. 3 vols. 1891-5. Contains
all the plays dealt with in this chapter, with the exception of Arden
of Feversham and Sir Thomas More.
Malone, E. Supplement to Johnson and Steevens's edition of Shake-
speare's Playg. 1780. Contains: Locrine; Thomas, Lord Cromwell;
The London Prodigal; The Puritan; A Yorkshire Tragedy.
Warnke, K. and Proescholt, L. Pseudo-Shakespearian Plays. 5 vols. Halle,
1883-8. Fair Em (1883); The Merry Devil (1884); Edward III (1886);
The Birth of Merlin (1887); Arden of Feversham (1888). This is a
critical edition of the doubtful plays, with introduction and notes.
(6) Particular Plays.
Arden of Feversham. The lamentable and true tragedie of M. Arden of
Feversham in Kent. Who was most wickedlye murdered, by the meanes
of his disloyall and wanton wyfe, who for the love she bare to one Mosbie,
hyred two desperat ruffins Blackwill and Shakbag, to kill him. Wherin
is shewed the great mallice and discimulation of a wicked woman, the
unsatiable desire of fithie lust and the shamefull end of all murderers.
1592.
Ed. Jacob, E. , 1770; Bullen, A. H. , 1887; Bayne, R. , 1897.
Birth of Merlin, The; or, the Child hath found his Father. As it hath been
several times acted with great applause. Written by William Shake-
spear, and William Rowley. 1662.
Ed. Jacob, T. E. , in Old English Dramas, 1889.
Edward III. The Raigne of King Edward the Third: As it hath bin sundrie
times plaied about the Citie of London. 1596.
Ed. Capell, E. , in Prolusions or Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry,
1760; Collier, J. P. , 1874; Furnivall, F. J. , in the Leopold Shakespeare,
1877; Smith, G. C. Moore, 1897.
Fair Em. A pleasant comedie of Faire Em, the Millers Daughter of Man-
chester. With the love of William the Conqueror. As it was sundry
## p. 442 (#466) ############################################
442
Bibliography
times publiquely acted in the Honourable Citie of London, by the right
Honourable the Lord Strange his Servants. 1631.
Ed. Chetwood, W. R. , 1750; Simpson, R. , in The School of Shake-
speare, vol. 11, 1878.
Locrine. The lamentable tragedie of Locrine, the eldest sonne of King
Brutus discoursing the warres of the Britaines, and Hunnes, with their
discomfiture: The Britaines victorie with their Accidents and the death
of Albanact. No lesse pleasant then profitable. Newly set foorth, over-
seene and corrected. By W. S. 1595.
Ed. McKerrow, R. B. and Greg, W. W. , Malone Society Reprints,
1908.
Merry Devill of Edmonton, The. As it hath beene sundry times acted by his
Majesties Servants, at the Globe, on the banke-side. 1608.
Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. x, 1875; Walker, H. , 1897.
Mucedorus. A most pleasant comedie of Mucedorus the kings sonne of
Valentia and Amadine the kings daughter of Arragon, with the merie
conceites of Mouse. Newly set foorth, as it hath bin sundrie times plaide in
the honourable Cittie of London. Very delectable and full of mirth. 1598.
Ed. Collier, J. P. , 1824; Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. v11, 1874; Warnke, K. ,
and Proescholdt, L. , Halle, 1878.
Puritaine, The, or the Widdow of Watling-streete. Acted by the Children
of Paules. Written by W. S. 1607.
Sir Thomas More.
Ed. Dyce, A. , for Shakespeare Society, 1844; Hopkinson, A. F. , 1902
(private circulation).
Thomas, Lord Cromwell. The true chronicle historie of the whole life and
death of Thomas Lord Cromwell. As it hath beene sundrie times
publikely acted by the Right Honorable the Lord Chamberlaine his
Servants. Written by W. S. 1602.
Ed. Jacob, T. E. , 1889.
Two Noble Kinsmen, The: Presented at the Black-friers by the Kings
Majesties servants, with great applause: Written by the memorable
worthies of their time; Mr. John Fletcher, and Mr. William Shakspeare.
Gent. 1634.
Ed. Knight, C. , Pictorial Shakespeare, vol. vii, 1842; Skeat, W. W. ,
1875; Littledale, H. , New Shakspere Society Publications, 1876 [a
scholarly reprint, with introduction and notes, of the quarto edition of
1634]; Furnivall, F. J. , in The Leopold Shakespeare, 1877; Rolfe, W. J. ,
1891; Hudson, H. N. , in The Windsor Shakespeare; Herford, C. H. ,
1897; also in Dyce's edition of Shakespeare's Works, 1876, and in editions
of the works of Beaumont and Fletcher.
Yorkshire Tragedy, A. Not so new as lamentable and true. Acted by his
Majesties Players at the Globe. Written by W. Shakspeare. 1608.
II. Critical Works and Essays.
Many of the editions of the doubtful plays noticed above contain criticall
introductions.
(a) General.
Boas, F. S. Introduction to Works of Thomas Kyd. 1901.
Collins, J. C.
Introduction to Plays of Robert Greene. 2 vols. 1905.
Elze, K. Notes on Elizabethan Dramatists. Halle, 1889.
## p. 443 (#467) ############################################
Chapters VIII–XII
-
443
Friesen, Frhr. H. von. Flüchtige Bemerkungen über einige Stücke, welche
Shakespeare zugeschrieben werden. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. I, 1866.
Hopkinson, A. F. Essays on Shakespeare's Doubtful Plays. 1900.
Horn, F. Shakespeare's Schauspiele erlåntert. Vol. v. 1823.
Knight, C. Studies of Shakespeare. 1849.
Mézières, A. J. F. Prédécesseurs et Contemporains de Shakespeare. 3rd
ed. Paris, 1881.
Sachs, R. Die Shakespeare zugeschriebenen zweifelhaften Stücke. Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. XXVII, 1892.
Schelling, F. E. The English Chronicle Play. New York, 1902.
Simpson, R. On some plays attributed to Shakspere (Mucedorus and Fair
Em). N. Shaksp. Soc. Trans. , 1875-6.
Spalding, W. Recent Shakespearian Literature. Edinburgh Review, vol. LXXI,
July 1840.
Symonds, J. A. Shakespeare's Predecessors in the English Drama. 1884.
Vincke, Frhr. G. von. Die zweifelhaften Stücke Shakespeare's. Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. VII1, 1873.
See, also, the works of Brandes, G. , Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. , Lee, S. ,
Swinburne, A. C. , in sec. 8 (c) and those of Chasles, P. , and Guizot, F. ,
in sec. 12 IV i; of Tieck, J. L. , in sec. 12 III ii (f), and of Ulrici, H. , in
sec. 12 IV of the present bibliography; also Collier, Courthope, Fleay,
Chronicle History, Lamb's Specimens, Morley, H. , Schelling's Eliza-
bethan Drama, Schlegel, Ward, in the General Bibliography of the
present volume.
(6) Particular Plays.
Arden of Feversham. Donne, C. E. , An Essay on the Tragedy of Arden of
Feversham, 1873; Crawford, C. , The Authorship of A. of F. (Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. XXXIX, pp. 74-86); White, R. Grant, Studies, no. 5, 1885;
Sarrazin, G. , Thomas Kyd und sein Kreis, Berlin, 1892; Miksch, W. ,
Die Verfasserschaft des Arden of Feversham, Breslau, 1907.
Birth of Merlin, The. Howe, F. A. , The Authorship of the Birth of Merlin,
in Modern Philology, vol. iv, pp. 193 f.
Edward III. Friesen, H. Frhr. von, Edward III, angeblich ein Stück
von Shakespeare, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. II; Collier, J. P. , Edward III,
The Athenæum, 28 March 1874; Vincke, Frhr. von, König Edward III
-ein Bühnenstück? in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XIV; Teetgen, Shake-
speare's King Edward III, 1875; On the Historical Play of Edward III,
in Gentleman's Magazine, Aug. and Sept. 1879; Liebau, G. , Eduard III
und die Gräfin von Salisbury, in Litterarische Forschungen, herausgegeben
von J. Schick und M. Frhrv. Waldberg, Heft XIII, Berlin, 1901; Phipson,
Emma, On Edward III, N. Shaksp. Soc. Trans. , 1887-92, part III.
Fair Em. Schick, J. , Introduction to Kyd's Spanish Tragedy, 1898.
Locrine. Koeppel, E. , 'Locrine' und 'Selimus. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XLI,
pp. 193-200; Crawford, C. Spenser, 'Locrine,' and 'Selimus,' in Notes and
Queries, 1901, nos. 161, 163, 165, 168, 171, 174, 177; Erbe, T. , Die Locrine
Saga, in Studien zur engl. Philologie, part 16, Halle, 1904; Gaud, W. S. ,
The Authorship of Locrine, in Modern Philology, vol. 1, no. 3, Chicago, 1904.
Merry Devill of Edmonton, The. Hazlitt, W. , Lectures on Dramatic Litera-
ture, Lect. v, 1820.
Mucedorus. Wagner, W. , Über und zu Macedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
XI, pp. 59 f. ; Neue Conjecturen zum Mucedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
XIV, p. 274; Elze, K. , Noten und Conjecturen, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XIII,
## p. 444 (#468) ############################################
444
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p. 45; Nachträgliche Bemerkungen zu Mucedoras und Fair Em, in
Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. xv. p. 339; Last Notes on Mucedorus, in Engl. Stud.
vol. vi, p. 3; Soffé, E. , Ist Mucedorus ein Schauspiel Shakespeare's?
(Programm der Oberrealschule in Brünn), 1887; Greg, W. W. , On the
Editions of Mucedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. xl, pp. 95–108.
Puritaine, The. Bullen, A. H. , Introduction to Works of Thomas Middleton.
1885.
Sir Thomas More. Simpson, R. , Are there any extant MSS in Shakespeare's
Handwriting, in Notes and Queries, 1 July 1871, 12 Sept. 1872; Sped-
ding, J. , On a Question concerning a supposed specimen of Shakespeare's
handwriting, Reviews and Discussions, pp. 376 f. , 1879; Nicholson, B. ,
The Plays of Sir Thomas More and Hamlet, in Notes and Queries, 29 Nov.
1883.
