14 JUNE 1986, Page 25

Over generous

Sir: Dr Sams (Letters, 3 May) has put a good deal of scholarly work into editing Edmund Ironside, and that should be of permanent value, for which we should be grateful. Sorry for not thinking the play to be Shakespeare's; I think conservatively that we have got all there is of him. I expect I may have been a bit over-generous in encouraging Dr Sams's good work.