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
Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship It portrays Marlowe as being the true author of Shakespeare's works after staging his own death. In "The Marlowe Papers" (2012), a novel by Ros Barber, Marlowe's "death" is a ruse, and he writes plays under the Shakespeare name. The novel is written in verse and won the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2013. Ben Elton's 2016 sitcom "Upstart Crow" inverts the Marlovian theory. In the series, Shakespeare is persuaded to write plays for Marlowe (including "Doctor Faustus", "Tamburlaine" and "The Jew of Malta") in order to maintain Marlowe's cover as a playwright. Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship The Marlovian theory