160429 A Joke : Lost Shakespeare #27

#27) "That Really Blows: The Guy Fawkes Story" (failed attempt at a "contemporary historical" play and, sadly, the last time journalism was attempted in England)

160428 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #26

#26) "Return Of The Son Of The Bride Of Henry"

160427 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #25

#25) "Inch By Inch" (abandoned sequel to "Measure By Measure"; disputed origin of the Three Stooges' "Niagara Falls" routine)

160426 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #24

#24) "Macbeth, I Hear You Calling" (first draft)

160425 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #23

#23) "Ass-- You Like It?" (It's not the one you're thinking of; this was rewritten putting more emphasis on what had been the supporting cast and the result was "Midsummer Night's Dream". The title, however, was too good to throw out, so it was recycled as well.)

160424 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #22

#22) "Tudor?-- I Hardly Know Her !" (rough draft of Henry VIII)

160422 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #21

#21) "Cleopatra Barges In" (later reworked)

160421 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #20

#20) "The Lighter Side Of The Plague"

160420 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #19

#19) "A Monk. A Juggler and A Palace Guard Walk Into A Public House"
[Never completed, this is largely considered (by the few who have heard of it) as the origin of stand up comedy. It opens with a performing troupe between plays telling each other what WS must have realized in retrospect were increasingly filthy jokes. Ordinarily he would have simply edited the material. However, since the purpose of the scene must have been to introduce the characters and also make theater people more relateable to the general audience, the fact that the first scene, as written, would have lasted more than 90 minutes without getting beyond the first act or even changing scenes must have brought home the suspicion that he didn't have anything better for the characters to do once they had been introduced. No further scenes are known to have been written. The title has been attached to the manuscript retroactively by persons unknown.]

160419 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #18

#18) "Henry VII" (suppressed)

160418 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #17

#17) "No Mistaken Identities, Please, We're British"

160417 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #16

#16) "Pumbaa of Sparta"

160416 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #15

#15) "That's What The Merry Wife Said"

160415 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #14

#14) "Cor, 'E's All Anus" (later rewritten)

160414 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #13

#13) "Walk Like A Venetian"

160413 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #12

#12) "Troilus and Croissants"

160412 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #11

#11) "Fresh Out Of Henrys"

160411 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #10

#10) "Henry III (The Prequel) Part II"

160410 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #9

#9) "Henry III (The Prequel)"

160409 A joke : Lost Shakespeare #8

#8) "Oh, Those Wacky Danes!" (later rewritten)