 He also argued the subplot in "The Shrew" was closer to the plot of "I Suppositi"/"Supposes" than the subplot in "A Shrew", which he felt indicated the subplot in "The Shrew" must have been based directly on the source, whereas the subplot in "A Shrew" was a step removed.In their 1928 edition of the play for the New Shakespeare, Arthur Quiller-Couch and John Dover Wilson supported Alexander's argument.However, there has always been critical resistance to the theory.