The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (thing)

Shakespeare is not believed to have published anything himself; the first real collection of his plays was in the First Folio of 1623. This collection is incomplete by today's standards, as it doesn't include plays like Pericles, which he is believed to have written with others.

There are said to be at least two lost plays of Shakespeare's:

• Love's Labour Won
• Cardenio: recently a manuscript has come to light, bearing the story of Cardenio and written in a hand very similar--if not identical--to that of Shakespeare's will; some are willing to believe that this is his Cardenio, while others say it is simply an anonymous play.

Meanwhile, there are plays he is said to have collaborated on with others, and which are included in the Norton Shakespeare as authentic:

• The Life of Sir Thomas More: the "Hand D" of the manuscript seems to match the hand of Shakespeare's will.
• The Two Noble Kinsmen: with John Fletcher

The following are plays which are attributed to Shakespeare, but which are believed to be by other authors:

• Locrine: points of resemblance to Kyd's The Spanish Tragedie
• Arden of Feversham
• A Yorkshire Tragedy
• Edward III: there is still much debate about whether he may have written this
• Cromwell
• The Birth of Merlin, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father
• Faire Em
• The Merry Devill of Edmonton
• Mucedorus
• The London Prodigall
• The Puritane