Category: Shakespeare Authorship Question

Romeo & Juliet

The most likely source for Romeo & Juliet was Dante‘s “Purgatorio” and Arthur Brooke‘s English translation entitled “Tragicall Historye of Romeus & Juliet” (1562), first

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Richard II

The main sources for Richard II were of course Edward Hall, (1498-1547) from his “The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster

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Pericles, Prince of Tyre:

One of the plays that was not included in the 1623 Shakespeare Folio Pericles, Prince of Tyre was dubiously published under Shakespeare‘s name but later

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A Winter’s Tale (1584-94)

Like eighteen other Shakespeare plays, the “Winter’s Tale” was first published in the 1623 Folio and the text, although in latter editions revised or altered

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Merchant of Venice

While the title of this play is generally misconstrued today as referring to Shylock, it should be pointed out that is actually refers to the

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Henry VIIIth (1586)

The play “Henry VIIIth” or as it was originally entitled “All Is True” is actually one of Shakespeare’s earliest historical dramas derived largely from Holinshed’s

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Two Noble Kinsmen

The play bears similarities to other late Shakespearean plays such as Pericles, Prince of Tyre, The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline, and The Tempest. It was entered

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Henry VIth Part One

The fact that Shakespeare’s history play, Henry VIth Part One was never registered at the Stationer’s Office is partially overlooked by academics. A good deal

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