Bard Enthusiast Gifts

'It's some more story ideas from Francis Bacon.'

"Word around school is you've been attributing Shakespeare's works to Edward de Vere."

"Mrs. Shakespeare, can Will come outside and write a play?"

William Shakespeare

Desdemona

Shakespeare reading.

'Huh, that Will Shakespeare, a man of few words.'

'Ye gods, Will - art thou still monkeying about with that Ooh-ooh language?'

'I've read all of Shakespeare unless he's written anything recently!'

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

William Shakespeare

Ham-Dram

"Hmm....2B or not 2B....?"

Shakespeare was bisexual

William Shakespeare

Upstart Crow

"It's nice of you to say so, Ben, but somehow the idea of 'Shakespeare in the Park' doesn't really appeal to me."

'Are you looking at my Bard?'

4 Rules For 'Serious' Poets

"Sorry. We not longer accept payment in the form of 'Bawdy ballads of ribaldry and adventure.'"

Dear Forum, thou was on yon Saturday - A literary type writes into the lads' mags.

"Aha. A new play: 'Hamlet and Cleopatra'."

Clever youth stating that he considers Shakespeare overrated

Some Hamlet-based puns

Mr. Punch's illustrations to Shakespeare.

Man on the way to Stratford - 'Shakespeare's Town'

To Be/Not To Be

Shakespeare working on his "author's bio"

Shakespeare considers alternatives to iambic pentameter

"Renk just discovered beard oil."

'Alas, poor Yorick, I knew you well. But dude, you're creeping me out, so I gotta un-friend you!'

'I know he doesn't like this house, but he'll just have to get used to it.'

"Don't shave it. It gives your face character."

'How's everyone doing tonight - that is the question.'

A daily rubdown with a beard brush will wrangle awkward bristles and train them downwards...