Note 12 — INTRODUCTION
Reading edition
Leslie Hotson, Shakespeare vs. Shallow (Boston, 1931), pp. 111-122; P. Alexander, Shakespeare’s Life and Art (London, 1939), p. 125; William Green, Shakespeare’s Garter Play (unpublished dissertation, Columbia University, 1959), believes that Lord Hunsdon commissioned Shakespeare to write the play for performance on April 23, 1597. However, his explanation for the omission of the play’s title from Meres’ list is essentially hypothetical (pp. 249-251).