Thomas Lord Cromwell by William Shakespeare

"Thomas Lord Cromwell" by William Shakespeare is an Elizabethan history play published in 1602. The work dramatizes the life of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister who served King Henry VIII of England. Though attributed to "W. S." and later included in Shakespeare collections, modern scholars reject Shakespeare's authorship. The play's origins remain mysterious, with debates surrounding its date, authorship, and whether it represents a condensed two-part work or an unequal collaboration between multiple writers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Dubious author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title Thomas Lord Cromwell
Note Shakespeare apocrypha - work questionably attributed to Shakespeare and others. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_apocrypha for more information
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lord_Cromwell
Credits the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers
Reading Level Reading ease score: 89.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540 -- Drama
Category Text
eBook-No. 1736
Release Date
Last Update Sep 30, 2025
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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