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The illustrations, text, game, and design have been carefully researched, and the consultants have impeccable credentials. The booklet that is enclosed with the game is beautifully conceived, produced, written, and illustrated. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow the game works: Journey from Stratford to London in the footsteps of William Shakespeare. As you do, collect character cards and race around London’s theaters to put on as many plays as you can before other back-stabbing playwrights steal your ideas, send you to the Tower, or spread the plague. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" face=\"Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#0f1111\"\u003eIn this fun family board game, you will absorb details of Elizabethan England as well as learn dozens of references to Shakespeare's plays. Will you concentrate on your own blossoming career, or sabotage others to win? In this game of drama and intrigue, the choice is yours. The winner is the player whose plays take the most money at the box office, and is the fastest in the race to fame and glory.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" face=\"Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#0f1111\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" face=\"Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#0f1111\"\u003eFrom the introduction in the booklet:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" face=\"Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#0f1111\"\u003e“William Shakespeare’s father was John Shakespeare, a well-respected glover who became high bailiff when Will was four years old. This was equivalent to mayor and included sitting as judge in the Court of Record. But during Will’s childhood his father was charged with usury and will bragging, and by the time Will left \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" face=\"Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#0f1111\"\u003eschool, his father had retreated from public life, avoiding council and church for fear of arrest.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" face=\"Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#0f1111\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" face=\"Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#0f1111\"\u003eThe booklet also includes descriptions of location histories, themes (“Magic was real for people in Shakespeare’s time. 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These guest books are attractive all-occasion volumes inspired by classic covers of great works of literature: Voltaire’s \u003cem\u003eZadig; or The Book of Fate\u003c\/em\u003e and William Shakespeare’s \u003cem\u003eT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ehe Whole Contention betweenee the two Famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Pericles, Prince of Tyre.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNo detail has been overlooked in the design and production of these guest books. The covers of the journals are imprinted with gold, copper, and silver inks. Each journal measures 9\" x 7\", and has a red ribbon marker and an accordion-style memento pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe binding boards are 100% recycled; the 144 pages are acid-free, FSC-certified paper. 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