motivation might have held even if the initials were genuine, and have lain behind the abbreviation of the author's name. Smith has also been suspected to be the W. Smith who wrote The Hector of Germany, acted about 1613 at the Red Bull and The Curtain and printed in 1615; in the dedication to this play "W. Smith" mentions a lost play he had written called The Freeman's Honour which was performed by the King's Men, probably before 1603 in their earlier incarnation as the Lord Chamberlain's Men. The actual author of this play, however, has been identified as the herald William Smith. Smith is sometimes erroneously confused with another writer who signed his name W. Smith, the sonneteer William Smith who published a sonnet sequence entitled Chloris, or the Complaint of the Passionate Despised Shepherd in 1596. Known works Plays in which Wentworth Smith is positively known to have had authorial hand include: For the Admiral's Men, 1601-1602: The Conquest of the West Indies, with John Day and William Haughton, April–September 1601. Cardinal Wolsey, Part I, with Henry Chettle, Michael Drayton and Anthony Munday, August–November 1601. The Six Clothiers, Part I, with Richard Hathwaye and William Haughton, October–November 1601. The Six Clothiers, Part II, with Richard Hathwaye and William Haughton, October–November 1601. Apparently not finished. Too Good to be True, with Henry Chettle and Richard Hathwaye, November 1601-January 1602. Love Parts Friendship, with Henry Chettle, May 1602. E. K. Chambers conjectures that this play was published in 1605 as The Trial of Chivalry. Merry as May be, with John Day and Richard Hathwaye, November 1602. For Worcester's Men, 1602-1603: Albere Galles, with Thomas Heywood, September 1602. 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. 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. 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. The Black Dog of Newgate, Part I, with John Day, Richard Hathwaye and another, November 1602-February 1603. The Black Dog of Newgate, Part II, with John Day, Richard Hathwaye and another, November 1602-February 1603. This