Abstract
This article examines three instances of the early Shakespeare at work on material provided by another dramatist, in plays in the repertory of the Queen's Men or Pembroke's Men: The Troublesome Reign of King John, King Leir and The Taming of a Shrew. In writing King John and King Lear for the Chamberlain's Men, Shakespeare takes as his starting point a play by someone else, transforming the material. In all three cases the differences can be characterised as a move from relative simplicity to relative complexity, allowing for greater latitude in interpretation – and in productions of The Shrew, such latitude is encouraged by the instability of the Folio text.
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