Editing Shakespeare apocrypha (section)

==Plays attributed to "W.S." during the 17th century, and not included in the First Folio==

Some plays were attributed to "W.S." in the seventeenth century. These initials could refer to Shakespeare, but could also refer to [[Wentworth Smith]], an obscure dramatist.<ref>[[#Chambers|Chambers (1930)]], [https://archive.org/stream/williamshakespea017475mbp#page/n583/mode/2up p. 536].</ref>
* ''[[Locrine]]'' was published in 1595 as "Newly set forth, overseen and corrected by W.S."
* ''[[Thomas Lord Cromwell]]'' was published in 1602 and attributed to "W.S." Except for a few scholars, such as [[Ludwig Tieck]] and [[August Wilhelm Schlegel]], "hardly anyone has thought that Shakespeare was even in the slightest way involved in the production of these plays."<ref>{{cite journal |author=F. David Hoeniger |year=1957 |title=Review of ''Studies in the Shakespeare Apocrypha'' by Baldwin Maxwell |journal=[[Shakespeare Quarterly]] |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=236–237 |jstor=2866972|doi=10.2307/2866972 |hdl=2027/mdp.39015010211442 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* ''[[The Puritan]]'' was published in 1607 and attributed to "W.S." This play is now generally believed to be by Middleton or Smith.