cted." (Drayton died 1631, and Ben Jonson, 1637.)
Probably Shakespeare died on his birthday, April 23.

_Shakespeare's Monument_, in Westminster Abbey, designed by Kent, and
executed by Scheemakers, in 1742. The statue to Shakespeare in Drury
Lane Theatre was by the same.

The statue of Shakespeare in the British Museum is by Roubiliac, and was
bequeathed to the nation by Garrick. His best portrait is by Droeshout.

_Shakespeare's Plays_, quarto editions:

ROMEO AND JULIET: 1597, John Danter; 1599, Thomas Creede for Cuthbert
Burby; 1609, 1637. Supposed to have been written, 1595.

KING RICHARD II.: 1597, Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise; 1598, 1608
(with an additional scene); 1615, 1634.

KING RICHARD III.: 1597, ditto; 1598, 1602, 1612, 1622.

LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST; 1598, W. W. for Cuthbert Burby. Supposed to have
been written, 1594.

KING HENRY IV. (pt. I): 1598, P. S. for Andrew Wise; 1599, 1604, 1608,
1613. Supposed to have been written, 1597.

KING HENRY IV. (pt. 2): 1600, V. S. for Andrew Wise and William Aspley;
1600. Supposed to have been written, 1598.

KING HENRY V.: 1600, Thomas Creede for Thomas Millington and John Busby;
1602, 1608. Supposed to have been written, 1599.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: 1600, Thomas Fisher; 1600, James Roberts.
Mentioned by Meres, 1598. Supposed to have been written, 1592.

MERCHANT OF VENICE: 1600, I. R. for Thomas Heyes; 1600, James Roberts;
1637. Mentioned by Meres, 1598.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: 1600, V. S. for Andrew Wise and William Aspley.

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR: 1602, T. C. for Arthur Johnson; 1619. Supposed
to have been written, 1596.

HAMLET: 1603, I. R. for N. L.; 1605, 1611. Supposed to have been
written, 1597.

KING LEAR: 1608, A. for Nathaniel Butter; 1608, B. for ditto. Acted at
Whitehall, 1607. Supposed to have been written, 1605.

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA: 1609, G. Eld for R. Bonian and H. Whalley (with a
preface). Acted at court, 1609. Supposed to have been written, 1602.

OTHELLO: 1622, N. O. for Thomas Walkely. Acted at Harefield, 1602.

The rest of the dramas are:

_All's Well that Ends Well_, 1598. First title supposed to be
_Love's Labor's Won_.

_Antony and Cleopatra_, 1608. No early mention made of this play.

_As You Like It._ Entered at Stationer's Hall, 1600.

_Comedy of Errors_, 1593. Mentioned by Meres, 1598.

_Coriolanus_, 1610. No early mention made of this play.

_Cymbeline_, 1605. No early