A study of Shakespeare : an instructive game

Folger bibliographic ID: 15731
Folger call number: Sh.Misc. 363
Folger holdings ID: 16171
Accession Number: No case or accession number present

Card game (based on the popular game "Authors") of trivia questions about Shakespeare's plays and characters. First produced by the Shakespeare Club of Camden, Maine in 1897 (date was printed on the cover of the box). The game went into at least six editions, and was sold (price 50 cents) as late as the 1920s

Bibliographic format

housed in 11 x 8 x 2.5 cm box

General notes

Includes directions and page of testimonials Illustration of the Camden Mountains on the back of each card Box does not include date, suggesting this is a later printing than 1897. An accompanying page of testimonials quotes a review of the game in Outlook magazine (volume 61, number 1, April 15 1899, page 896). Another issue of Outlook from 1922 contains an advertisement for the game

Item information about Folger Sh.Misc. 363

"Maine" misprinted as "Naine" on testimonial sheet, manuscript correction in ink

Extended title: A study of Shakespeare : an instructive game / card game copyrighted and compiled by the Shakespeare Club, Camden, Maine

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
publisher: Shakespeare Club (Camden, Maine)