Arden Shakespeare R. Woudhuysen of the University of Oxford. , the edition of one canonical play remains to be published: "Measure for Measure", edited by A. R. Braunmuller. What follows is a list of editions published in the third series thus far as of November 2018. The third series is also notable for publishing single-volume editions of certain plays which traditionally form part of the so-called Shakespeare Apocrypha, but for which there is considered good evidence of Shakespeare having at least been part author. Three apocryphal plays have so far been published in this manner. Due to the long period of time
Reputation of William Shakespeare in the 1850s, being decorated by the Emperor Alexander II for his work in portraying Shakespearean characters. Shakespeare continued to be considered the greatest English writer of all time throughout the 20th century. Most Western educational systems required the textual study of two or more of Shakespeare's plays, and both amateur and professional stagings of Shakespeare were commonplace. It was the proliferation of high-quality, well-annotated texts and the unrivalled reputation of Shakespeare that allowed for stagings of Shakespeare's plays to remain textually faithful, but with an extraordinary variety in setting, stage direction, and costuming. Institutions such as the Folger Shakespeare