Shakespeare Playing Cards

Play your favorite card games with Romeo and Juliet as King and Queen of Hearts, Lady Macbeth as the Ace of Spades, Ariel as the Joker, and more.  This artist-illustrated deck of playing cards features fifty-four of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, arranged in four suits: hearts = lovers; clubs = fools; diamonds = heroes and heroines; and spades = villains. The deck includes a booklet with text about each character and their place in literary history. Poker size:  3.5" x 2.5" (standard size) The illustrations are by Adam Simpson, who illustrated our The World of Shakespeare Puzzle. Simpson is a London based artist whose clients include The New York Times, The Observer, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and more.