Complete Works of Shakespeare Complete Works of Shakespeare Complete Works of William Shakespeare is the standard name given to any volume containing all the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. Some editions include several works which were not completely of Shakespeare's authorship (collaborative writings), such as "The Two Noble Kinsmen", which was a collaboration with John Fletcher; "Pericles, Prince of Tyre", the first two acts of which were likely written by George Wilkins; or "Edward III", whose authorship is disputed. The various editions of the "Complete Works" include a number of university press releases, as well as versions released from larger publishing companies. The
History of the Shakespeare authorship question works. He believed that Derby was the principal figure behind the Shakespeare plays and was the sole author of the sonnets and narrative poems. He concludes that "William Stanley was William Shakespeare". As early as 1820 it had been suggested that, because of their "habitual resemblance of style", Shakespeare had in fact written the works of the poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe, but it was not until 1895 that this theory was reversed, and Marlowe himself proposed as the most likely author of the Shakespeare canon, with a serious case for this being made by Wilbur G. Zeigler in the