This page contains links to plays attributed to Shakespeare, some with more justice than others, but not officially accepted into the canon.

• The Shakespeare Apocrypha, a rather long list of the non-canonical plays attributed to Shakespeare over the centuries by James Doyle.  Links to Project Gutenberg texts are provided where they exist.
• C. F. Tucker Brooke, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, Oxford, the Clarendon Press, 1908, from Google Book Search, full view and PDF, 455 pages.  The same work may be accessed at the Internet Archive.
• William Hazlitt also edited a volume titled The Doubtful Plays of William Shakspeare, 1887, from Google Book Search, full view and PDF.

Cardenio

• See The Cardenio Mystery in the Mr. Shakespeare blog for a summary of the problem with resources.
• Neilsen and Thorndike, The Facts About Shakespeare, p. 160 documents the two known performances of the early play Cardenno or Cardenna at court in 1613.
• Kenneth Muir's Shakespeare As Collaborator contains a section on Cardenio, indicating that it is likely that Theobald possessed a manuscript, perhaps by Fletcher, at least, and that he adapted it for the early 17th century stage (1727) as Double Falsehood.
• Transcript of a video podcast "Shakespeare's Lost Play" from Nottingham University detailing Professor Brean Hammond identification of Cardenio as a lost play by Shakespeare.
• Sidney Lee summarized the problem in Shakespeare's Life and Work, pp. 135-136, 1900.
• An HTML version of The Second Maiden's Tragedy at his excellent Thomas Middleton web site.
• Oliphant, E. H. C.  'Double Falsehood'; Shakespeare, Fletcher and Theobald, in Notes and Queries, No. 90, 1919, from Google Book Search.
• Kukowski, Stephan.  The Hand of John Fletcher in Double Falsehood, in Shakespeare Survey No. 43, from Google Book Search, preview with useful bibliographic information.
• New Life for an Old Play, in the New York Times about a reading of the play involving Gary Taylor and several prominent actors. f
• Kewes, Paulina.  "[A] play, which I presume to call original": Appropriation, creative genius, and eighteenth-century playwriting," in Studies in the Literary Imagination, Spring, 2001; relating to the Cardenio/Theobald Double Falsehood mystery.
• The text of Double Falsehood
  • Double Falshood; or, The Distrest Lovers, a careful reading and transcription of the work by John W. Kennedy.
  • The original edition is also available at Google Book Search.
  • An Internet Archive edition of Miscellaneous Plays and Farces, (1761-1775) contains a copy of the Third Edition of Theobald's Double Falshood (dated 1767, the last play in the book).

Edward III

• HTML text of Edward III from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of King Edward III from Project Gutenberg.
• The Raigne of King Edward the third in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.
• The text of Edward III in original spelling transcription from the University of Virginia eText collection.
• Edward the Third, edited with a preface, notes and glossary by G. C. Moore Smith, Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
• Godshalk, W. L. Shakespeare’s Edward III. (SRASP - Volume 21, 1998).
• Massai, Sonia.  Redefining the Role of the Editor for the Electronic Medium: A New Internet Shakespeare Edition of Edward III, EMLS 9.3.
• Tudor Facsimile Texts edition of Edward III from the Internet Archive.

Sir Thomas More

• HTML text of Sir Thomas More from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of Sir Thomas More from Project Gutenberg.
• Sir Thomas More in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.
• Transcription of Sir Thomas More from the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
• Sir Thomas More, ed. Alexander Dyce, 1844, from Google Book Search, full view and PDF.
• Hill, Tracey.  "The Cittie is in an uproare": Staging London in The Booke of Sir Thomas More, EMLS 11.1.
• Jackson, MacDonald P.  Is “Hand D” of Sir Thomas More Shakespeare’s? Thomas Bayes and the Elliott–Valenza Authorship Tests, EMLS 12.3.

The London Prodigal (included in the third folio)

• Plain text edition of The London Prodigal from Project Gutenberg.
• 1605 1st quarto edition of The London Prodigal attributed to Shakespeare from the editors of The Tudor Facsimile Texts, at the Internet Archive.  Available in various formats.
• The London Prodigal in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.

Thomas Lord Cromwell (included in the third folio)

• HTML edition of The Life and Death of the Lord Cromwell from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of Cromwell from Project Gutenberg.
• The True Chronicle Historie of the whole life and death of Thomas Lord Cromwell in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.
• Facsimile edition (The Tudor Facsimile Texts) of Thomas lord Cromwell. "Written by W.S." 1602 (1911), from the Internet Archive.

Sir John Oldcastle (included in the third folio)

• HTML edition of The Life of Sir John Oldcastle from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of Sir John Oldcastle from Project Gutenberg.
• The first part Of the true and honorable historie, of the life of Sir John Old-castle, the good Lord Cobham in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.
• Facsimile edition of the 1600 quarto of Sir John Oldcastle from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
• Facsimile edition (The Tudor Facsimile Texts) of Sir John Oldcastle dated 1600, from the Internet Archive.

The Puritan (included in the third folio)

• HTML edition of The Puritaine Widdow from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of The Puritaine Widdow from Project Gutenberg.
• The Puritaine or The Widdow of Watling-street in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.
• Facsimile edition (The Tudor Facsimile Texts) of The Puritan; or, The widow of Watling street. "Written by W.S." 1607 (1911), from the Internet Archive.

A Yorkshire Tragedy (included in the third folio)

• HTML edition of A Yorkshire Tragedy from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of A Yorkshire Tragedy from Project Gutenberg.
• A Yorkshire Tragedy in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.
• Facsimile of A Yorkshire Tragedy.  Not so new, as Lamentable and True, 1608, from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.  This volume was previously owned by Malone.
• Facsimile edition of All's One, or one of the foure plaies in one called A Yorkshire Tragedy, 1619, from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.  This volume had been previously owned by the great Elizabethan-Jacobean scholar Edmund Malone.
• A Yorkshire Tragedy.  Not so new, as Lamentable and True, 1619, from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the University of Edinburgh Library.  This volume was given to the library by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps.
• Facsimile edition (The Tudor Facsimile Texts) of A Yorkshire tragedy. 1608 (1910), from the Internet Archive.

Locrine (included in the third folio)

• HTML edition of The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of Locrine from Project Gutenberg.
• The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine, the eldest sonne of King Brutus, discoursing the warres of the Britaines, and Hunnes, with their discomfiture, etc. in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.

The Merry Devil of Edmonton

• HTML edition of The Merry Devill of Edmonton from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of The Merry Devil from Project Gutenberg.
• The Merry Devill of Edmonton in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.

Fair Em

• HTML edition of Fair Em from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of Fair Em from Project Gutenberg.
• A Pleasant Comedie of Fair Em, etc. in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.
• Facsimile edition (The Tudor Facsimile Texts) of Fair Em. 1631 (1911), from the Internet Archive.

Mucedorus

• HTML edition of A Most Pleasant Comedy of Mucedorus from the Classic Literature Library.
• Plain text version of Mucedorus from Project Gutenberg.
• A Most Pleasant Comedie of Mucedorus, etc. in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.
• Facsimile edition (The Tudor Facsimile Texts) of Mucedorus, 1598 (1910), from the Internet Archive.

Arden of Feversham

• HTML edition (cut) of Arden of Feversham by William Harris.
• The Lamentable And True Tragedie of M. Arden of Feversham In Kent in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.

The Birth of Merlin

• Plain text version of The Birth of Merlin from James Doyle.
• The Birth of Merlin or, The Childe hath found his Father in Brook, The Shakespeare Apocrypha, from Google Book Search.
• Facsimile edition of The birth of Merlin, "Written by William Shakespeare and William Rowley". 1662 (1910), from the Internet Archive.

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