Commentaries on
Shakespeare’s History Plays
Shakespeare, William. Edward III. (The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Modern Critical Edition. 477-542.)
*Note: the Oxford editors say attribution scholarship suggests that of the play’s 18 scenes, Shakespeare wrote Scene 2.90-627, Scene 3, and probably Scene 12. Edward III was published anonymously in 1596, but was not included in seventeenth-century Shakespeare folios. The other author, say the Oxford editors, might have been Kyd, Marlowe, or Peele.
Of Interest: Shakespeare Documented | The raigne of Edward the third (Folger) | John Eliot’s Discourses of War and Single Combat 1591 (Internet Archive) | Froissart’s Chronicles, Lord Berners’ transl. 4 vols. (HathiTrust) | Froissart’s Chronicles, Macaulay’s abridged ed. (Internet Archive) | Holinshed’s Chronicles, Edward III (Holinshed Project) | Edward III’s Family Tree | Hundred Years’ War (WHE) | Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453, Britannica) | English Monarchy Timeline | English Monarchs | Kings & Queens of Britain (Historic UK) | Shakespeare & History | Dictionary of Nat. Biography (Oxford) | European Royal History
My commentary on King Edward III should be posted by the end of January 2026.
Edition. Taylor, Gary et al., editors. The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works. Oxford UP, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-959115-2.