His alleged scorn of 45
an actor's calling
V--EARLY DRAMATIC
WORK
The period of his 46
dramatic work,
1591-1611
His borrowed plots 47
The revision of plays 47
Chronology of the 48
plays
Metrical tests 49
1591 _Love's Labour's 50
Lost_
1591 _Two Gentlemen of 52
Verona_
1592 _Comedy of Errors_ 53
1592 _Romeo and Juliet_ 55
1592, _March_ _Henry VI_ 56
1592, _Sept._ Greene's attack on 57
Shakespeare
Chettle's apology 58
Divided authorship of 59
_Henry VI_
Shakespeare's 60
coadjutors
Shakespeare's 61
assimilative power
Lyly's influence in 61
comedy
Marlowe's influence 63
in tragedy
1593 _Richard III_ 63
1593 _Richard II_ 64
Shakespeare's 64
acknowledgments to
Marlowe
1593 _Titus Andronicus_ 65
1594, August The Merchant of 66
Venice
Shylock and Roderigo 68
Lopez
1594 King John 69
1594, Dec. _Comedy of Errors_ in 70
Gray's Inn Hall
Early plays 71
doubtfully assigned
to Shakespeare
_Arden of Feversham_ 71
(1592)
_Edward III_ 72
_Mucedorus_ 72
_Faire Em_ (1592) 73
VI--THE FIRST APPEAL
TO THE READING PUBLIC
1593, _Apr