 Morris summarised the scholarly position in 1981 as one in which no clear-cut answers could be found; "unless new, external evidence comes to light, the relationship between "The Shrew" and "A Shrew" can never be decided beyond a peradventure.It will always be a balance of probabilities, shifting as new arguments and opinions are added to the scales.Nevertheless, in the present century, the movement has unquestionably been towards an acceptance of the Bad Quarto theory, and this can now be accepted as at least the current orthodoxy."