The Oxford Shakespeare believed to be partly by Shakespeare. The first two editions of the Norton Shakespeare, published by W.W. Norton, were largely based on the Oxford text, but departed from some of its decisions. The term 'Oxford Shakespeare' also refers to Oxford University Press's editions of individual Shakespeare plays and poems. These individual editions follow the same principles as the "Complete Works", but their editors are permitted to reject choices made for the "Complete Works" if they feel strongly; for example, David Bevington's edition of "Henry IV Part One" uses 'Falstaff' not 'Oldcastle'. The hardback editions feature distinctive purple dustjackets, while the
Shakespeare authorship question be "drawn" instead of written with a practised hand. His other daughter, Judith, signed a legal document with a mark. Anti-Stratfordians consider Shakespeare's background incompatible with that attributable to the author of the Shakespeare canon, which exhibits an intimacy with court politics and culture, foreign countries, and aristocratic sports such as hunting, falconry, tennis, and lawn-bowling. Some find that the works show little sympathy for upwardly mobile types such as John Shakespeare and his son, and that the author portrays individual commoners comically, as objects of ridicule. Commoners in groups are said to be depicted typically as dangerous mobs. The