Shakespeare, Co-Author: A Historical Study of Five Collaborative Plays

No issue in Shakespeare studies is more important than determining what he wrote. For over two centuries scholars have discussed the evidence that Shakespeare worked with co-authors on several plays, and have used a variety of methods to differentiate their shares from his. In this wide-ranging study, Brian Vickers shows that every major Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline dramatist collaborated in the writing and staging of their plays. Extending scholarly discussions, Vickers presents compelling evidence that Shakespeare wrote Titus Andronicus together with George Peele, Timon of Athens with Thomas Middleton, Pericles with George Wilkins, and Henry VIII and The Two Noble Kinsmen with John Fletcher. The range and quantity of close verbal analysis brought together in Shakespeare, Co-Author counters those 'conservators' of Shakespeare who maintain that he is the sole author of his plays.


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