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Posters and prints depicting a selection of William Shakespeare plays. Included are images inspired by All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, Venus and Adonis, Cymbeline.

Shakespeare posters | All's Well That Ends Well | As You Like It | Hamlet | Henry IV | Henry V
Henry VIII | Julius Caesar | King Lear | Macbeth | Merchant of Venice | Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer's Nights Dream | Much Ado About Nothing | Romeo & Juliet | Othello
Taming of the Shrew | The Tempest | Trolius & Cressida | Twelfth Night | Venus & Adonis
The Winter's Tale

All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
Hamlet
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VIII
Julius Caesar

King Lear
Macbeth
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer's Nights Dream
Much Ado About Nothin
Romeo & Juliet

Othello
Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Trolius & Cressida
Twelfth Night
Venus & Adonis
The Winter's Tale


Lily Langtry English Actress in the Roll of Cleopatra in Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, Photographic Print
Lily Langtry English Actress in the Roll of Cleopatra in Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, Photographic Print

'Anthony and Cleopatra' is a tragedy play based on the Thomas North translation of Plutarch's Life of Marcus Antonius.

Lily (Lillie) Langtry


Helena and Bertram - All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare, Giclee Print
Helena and Bertram - All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare, Giclee Print

All's Well That Ends Well is considered one of Shakespeare's “problem plays” as it is difficult to decide if it is a comedy or a tragedy: in short, the orphan Helena manages to manuever Bertram into being a good husband.

The All's Well That Ends Well title is based on the proverb meaning that difficulties do not matter as long as the outcome is good.


Imogen from Shakespeare's "Cymbeline", 1872, Giclee Print
Imogen from Shakespeare's “Cymbeline”, 1872,
Giclee Print

Cymbaline is the king and his daughter Imogen (or Innogen) has secretly married a commoner named Posthumus. One of the scenes in the play is about a ‘friend’ of Posthumus spying on Imogen as she sleeps.

Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote a tale about real life monarch named Cunobelinus, which appears to be inspiration to Shakespeare, as well as elements from Boccaccio's Decameron.


Henry IV Mini Poster
Henry IV
Mini Poster

Henry IV (1 & 2) are categorized as history plays and part of Shakespeare's major tetralogy of Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; Henry V.


Henry V, Act IV Scene I: Henry V Victorious after the Battle of Agincourt, Giclee Print
Henry V, Act IV Scene I:
Henry V Victorious after
the Battle of Agincourt,
Giclee Print

Henry V is believed to be written c.1599.

It tells the story of King Henry V, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War.

... We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; ...

St. Crispin's Day Speech, before the Battle of Agincourt, act IV scene iii

The River Somme


Wolsey from Henry VIII Art Print
Wolsey from Henry VIII
Art Print

Wolsey from Henry VIII


"Here I and Sorrow Sit", Act II Scene I of "King John" by William Shakespeare 1783, Giclee Print
“Here I and Sorrow Sit”,
Act II Scene I of "King John" by William Shakespeare 1783,
Giclee Print

by Henry Fuseli

King John


Falstaff from Merry Wives of Windsor Art Print
Falstaff from
Merry Wives
of Windsor
Art Print

The comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1597-1602) features Sir John Falstaff, a fat, aging knight and his attempt to allievate his finacial straits by courting two wealthy (and married) women. The women compare the courting letters Falstaff sent them, discover the similarity and decide to amuse themselves. The Merry Wives of Windsor is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary English middle class life in the Elizabethan era. The play has been adapted for the opera by several composers including Giuseppe Verdi.

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Scene from Troilus & Cressida Art Print
Scene from
Troilus & Cressida
Art Print

Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602) is a tragedy described as one of Shakespeare's “problem plays”, since the protagonist, Troilus, does not die.

Set in the later years of the Trojan War, the play has two plotlines - the action of the Iliad from Achilles' refusal to participate in battle to Hector's death, and the love affair of Trojan prince Troilus and Cressida.


Twelfth Night Theatre Poster, Giclee Print
Twelfth Night Theatre Poster
Giclee Print

Twelfth Night, a comedy written as entertainment for the end of the Christmas season, was first performed at Candlemas, 1602.

The play is set in Illyria, describe as an ancient area on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, and the plot is one based on mistaken identity.

“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” Malvalio in act II, scene i

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Venus and Adonis, from 'The Poems of William Shakespeare' Published by Kelmscott Press, 1893, Giclee Print - William Morris
Venus and Adonis, from
'The Poems of William Shakespeare' Published by William Morris, Kelmscott Press, 1893,
Giclee Print

Venus and Adonis is a poem based on sections from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It is thought Shakespeare may have seen Titian's painting of Adonis refusing the embrace of Venus, the goddess of Love.

Venus and Adonis by Titian Giclee Print
Venus and Adonis
by Titian
Giclee Print






FYI - William Morris was a leader in the Arts and Crafts movement.


The Globe Theatre, circa 1647, Published by Robert Wilkinson, London, 1810, Giclee Print
The Globe Theatre, circa 1647, Published by Robert Wilkinson, London, 1810,
Giclee Print

The original Globe Theatre burned due the result of using a cannon for special effects during a performance of Henry VIII, 1613.

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Shakespeare posters | All's Well That Ends Well | As You Like It | Hamlet | Henry IV | Henry V
Henry VIII | Julius Caesar | King Lear | Macbeth | Merchant of Venice | Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer's Nights Dream | Much Ado About Nothing | Romeo & Juliet | Othello
Taming of the Shrew | The Tempest | Trolius & Cressida | Twelfth Night | Venus & Adonis
The Winter's Tale

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