The following editions of plays and poems by Shakespeare were published prior to the collected edition of his plays in the Folio of 1623. The text of editions marked * is notably abridged and corrupt.

1593. Venus and Adonis. R. Field. Entered on Stationers' Register: April 18th. Dedicated to the Earl of Southampton. Reprinted: 1594, (1595?), 1596, 1599 (2 eds.), (1602?), “1602” (three later reprints so dated to avoid censorship), 1617, 1620.

1594. Lucrece. R. Field. Entered: May 9th. Dedicated to the Earl of Southampton. Reprinted: 1598, 1600 (2 eds.), 1607, 1616.

1594. The most lamentable Romaine tragedie of Titus Andronicus. (Anon.) J. Danter, sold by E. White & T. Millington. Entered: February 6th. Reprinted: 1600, 1611.

*1594. The first part of The Contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke and Lancaster. (Anon.) T. Creedefor T. Millington. Entered: March 12th. Reprinted: 1600, and again in 1619 with ‘The True Tragedie’ as ‘The Whole Contention betweene the two famous houses, Lancaster and Yorke’. A memorial abridgment of a text of II Henry VI not greatly differing from that of the Folio.

*1595. The true tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke. (Anon.) P.S[hori] for T. Millington. Reprinted: 1600 and again in 1619 with ‘The first part’, as The Whole Contention. A memorial abridgment of a text of III Henry VI not gready differing from that of die Folio.

*1597. An excellent conceited tragedie of Romeo and Juliet. (Anon.) J. Danter.