Wentworth Smith - Known Works

Known Works

Plays in which Wentworth Smith is positively known to have had authorial hand include:

For the Admiral's Men, 1601-1602:

1. The Conquest of the West Indies, with John Day and William Haughton, April–September 1601.
2. Cardinal Wolsey, Part I, with Henry Chettle, Michael Drayton and Anthony Munday, August–November 1601.
3. The Six Clothiers, Part I, with Richard Hathwaye and William Haughton, October–November 1601.
4. The Six Clothiers, Part II, with Richard Hathwaye and William Haughton, October–November 1601. Apparently not finished.
5. Too Good to be True, with Henry Chettle and Richard Hathwaye, November 1601-January 1602.
6. Love Parts Friendship, with Henry Chettle, May 1602. E. K. Chambers conjectures that this play was published in 1605 as The Trial of Chivalry.
7. Merry as May be, with John Day and Richard Hathwaye, November 1602.

For Worcester's Men, 1602-1603:

1. Albere Galles, with Thomas Heywood, September 1602.
2. Marshal Osric, with Thomas Heywood, September 1602. Chambers suggests this may be The Royal King and the Loyal Subject, printed in 1637 as Heywood's alone.
3. The Three Brothers, October 1602. Also called The Two Brothers. H. H. Adams suggests this was a domestic tragedy, but Alfred Harbage describes it as Biblical history.
4. Lady Jane, Part I, with Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood and John Webster, October 1602. Thought to be the same as (or an early version of) the extant Sir Thomas Wyatt of Dekker and Webster.
5. The Black Dog of Newgate, Part I, with John Day, Richard Hathwaye and another, November 1602-February 1603.
6. The Black Dog of Newgate, Part II, with John Day, Richard Hathwaye and another, November 1602-February 1603. This and the previous were presumably plays on notorious criminal Luke Hutton.
7. The Unfortunate General, with John Day and Richard Hathwaye, January 1603.
8. The Italian Tragedy, March 1603.