 This first edition may throw some light on the publication of Shirley's works in the late 1630s and after.Scholarly opinion has been divided as to the degree to which Shirley was or wasn't involved in the publication of his plays.One body of opinion holds that the Queen Henrietta's company sold off their stock of Shirley's plays to the stationers during the difficult months of the 1636–37 theatre closure, after Shirley had left for Ireland.