John Oldcastle alive. His heretical opinions and early friendship with Henry V created a traditional scandal which long continued. In the old play "The Famous Victories of Henry V", written before 1588, Oldcastle figures as the Prince's boon companion. When Shakespeare adapted that play in "Henry IV, Part 1", Oldcastle still appeared, but when the play was printed in 1598, the name was changed to Falstaff (modelled after John Fastolf), in deference to one of Oldcastle's descendants, Lord Cobham. Though the fat knight still remains "my old lad of the Castle", the stage character has nothing to do with the Lollard leader.
The Oxford Shakespeare of Athens" as either collaborations with or revisions by Thomas Middleton; "Pericles" as a collaboration with George Wilkins; "Henry VI Part One" as a collaboration with several unknown other dramatists; and "Henry VIII" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen" as collaborations with John Fletcher. It also broke with tradition in presenting Shakespeare's works in chronological order, rather than dividing them by genre. In 2005, a second edition of the "Complete Works" was produced. It adds a full text of "Sir Thomas More" (edited by John Jowett), which may contain passages by Shakespeare, and "Edward III" (edited by William Montgomery), another play