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Shakespeare Advent – 24-Door Calendar for Shakespeare Lovers

A hand-illustrated 24-door calendar of 24 Shakespeare plays: find the hidden doors and guess the play behind each famous scene.

Step into a Tudor playhouse. A skull sits on a table, daggers hang on the pegs, crowns and masks are waiting and an actor takes a bow on the stage.

Hidden around the scene are 24 little doors: a tiny door is hidden on a costume rack, a prop table, the gallery, a sconce or the backdrop. Behind each one is a famous scene from a Shakespeare play, from the balcony to the witches’ cauldron. Every day for 24 days, find the door, open it and guess.

How it works

1. Find the door. Search the picture for today’s number.
2. Open it. A hand-drawn picture is waiting inside.
3. Guess. Guess the play and the famous moment.
4. Check the answers on day 24. All 24 plays and moments listed on an illustrated answer sheet in its own envelope.

Why readers adore it

• All the greats: Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale (‘exit, pursued by a bear’).
• Fun for fans and beginners: easy scenes and a few tricky ones.
• Hand-illustrated artwork: a candlelit playhouse with a hidden door on every prop.
• A gift for theatre lovers: drama in a daily tradition.
• Screen-free and sugar-free: a nightly performance.

Perfect for: Shakespeare fans, theatre lovers, English teachers, students, visitors to Stratford and the Globe, and anyone who loves a dramatic exit.

What’s included

• 1 illustrated 24-door calendar, A4 landscape (21 × 29.7 cm / 8.3 × 11.7 in), with 24 perforated doors
• 1 illustrated answer sheet
• 1 illustrated “The Answers” envelope to keep the solutions secret until door 24

Good to know

• The calendar contains no food or treats. Scenes are drawn in a gentle storybook style.
• The text is in English. Younger children may need a grown-up to help open the small paper doors.