The Unemployed Philosophers Guild Shakespeare Gifts collection has a soft spot for the Bard – probably from the years of sitting in the audience at the Globe Theatre. Whether you prefer Shakespeare in the Park or Shakespeare in the Parking Lot or Shakespeare in a Parked Car (“Hamlet” – no, “Romeo and Juliet” – the balcony scene – we’ll talk later). Dozens of Shakespeare creations – and a few more greeting cards and coffee mugs featuring characters from his plays. Like words Shakespeare may or may not have coined, just think of Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I as people he popularized.

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