<sod>'''The Spanish Maze''' is a lost [[English literature#Jacobean literature|Jacobean]] stage drama whose author is unknown. It was performed at the court of [[James VI and I|King James I]] on 11 February 1605 by [[King's Men (playing company)|The King's Men]], the acting company of [[William Shakespeare]].  It was one of ten plays performed there during the 1604-1605 holiday season, including seven by Shakespeare and two by [[Ben Jonson]], and the only one of the ten now lost.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606|last=Shapiro|first=James|last2=|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2015|isbn=978-1-4165-4164-6|location=New York|pages=24-25|author-link=James Shapiro}}</ref>  A few scholars have suggested that ''The Spanish Maze'' was an early version of Shakespeare's ''[[The Tempest]]''.<eod>
<sod>'''The Spanish Maze''' is a lost [[English literature#Jacobean literature|Jacobean]] stage drama whose author is unknown. It was performed at the court of [[James VI and I|King James I]] on 11 February 1605 by [[King's Men (playing company)|The King's Men]], the acting company of [[William Shakespeare]].  It was one of ten plays performed there during the 1604-1605 holiday season, including seven by Shakespeare and two by [[Ben Jonson]], and the only one of the ten now lost.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606|last=Shapiro|first=James|last2=|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2015|isbn=978-1-4165-4164-6|location=New York|pages=24-25|author-link=James Shapiro}}</ref>  A few scholars have suggested that ''The Spanish Maze'' was an early version of Shakespeare's ''[[The Tempest]]''.<ref name="StritmatterKositsky2013">{{cite book|author1=Roger A. Stritmatter|author2=Lynne Kositsky|title=On the Date, Sources and Design of Shakespeare's The Tempest|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4fJtAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA55|date=5 August 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0370-4|page=55}}</ref><eod>