![]() ![]() The convenience and ready availability of the First Folio as a repository for Shakespeare’s plays was a significant practical factor in getting him back into the theatres when they reopened at the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. This different canon would have prompted a different historical response. Without it, the canon of Shakespeare’s plays would have decisively shifted. ![]() In part this is due to the fact that they are not included in the First Folio. ![]() Conversely, title pages identify Shakespeare as the author of The London Prodigal (1605) and A Yorkshire Tragedy (1608), which most modern scholars do not attribute to Shakespeare. Since some of these early editions did not name Shakespeare on their title pages, the authorship of plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus and Henry V would be uncertain. The title page of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays. ![]()
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