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PERICLES
name on volumes with which he had no concern. Apart from the poetic anthology called *The Passionate Pilgrim* (1599), which was described on the title-page as ‘by William Shakespeare’, the initials ‘W. S.’ had been fraudulently paraded on the title-page of the play *Locrine* as early as 1595, and they had reappeared with no greater justification on the title-pages of the plays, *Lord Cromwell* and *The Puritaine*, in 1602 and 1607 respectively. Furthermore, Shakespeare’s full surname had adorned the title-pages of no less than three plays for which others were responsible. In 1600 *The first part of the true & honourable history of the life of Sir John Oldcastle, the good Lord Cobham*, which was printed for T. P. (i. e. Thomas Pavier), bore the words on the title-page, ‘Written by William Shakespeare.’ Five years later a comedy entitled, *The London Prodigall*, which was printed by T. C. for Nathaniel Butter, bore on its title-page the words, ‘By William Shakespeare.’ Finally, in 1608, the year in which *Pericles* was licensed for the press, *A Yorkshire Tragedy* was ‘printed by R. B. for Thomas Pauier’, and bore on the title-page the words, ‘Written by W. Shakespeare.’ That Shakespeare had any hand in any of these six pieces to which his initials or his full name were attached may be confidently denied. The introduction of his name was a publisher’s device, and was intended to deceive the unwary.
The assignment of the whole play of *Pericles* to Shakespeare in 1609 was a transaction in the vein of the publisher of *The Passionate Pilgrim*. It was less reprehensible than such ventures as *Locrine*, *Lord Cromwell*, *The Puritaine*, *Sir John Oldcastle*, *The London Prodigall*, and *A Yorkshire Tragedy*, because there is good evidence that while Shakespeare had no hand in full two-thirds of the piece, he and he alone was responsible for the remaining one-third. The greater part of Acts iii and v and some portions of Act iv may without much hesitation
Shakespeare’s share in Pericles.
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