Shakespeare poster design

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998) poster design by Aleks Phoenix

Norton Theatre Sept Oct 2009

You can hardly utter the word “classic” without thinking of the great William Shakespeare! One of Shakespeare’s iconic stories is the tale of Hamlet. Written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601, Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words all said and done. To summarize the plot, the ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks…

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Hamlet Book Cover (2013)

Poster series for three dramatic works by William Shakespeare.

"Much ado about nothing" de William Shakespeare

One hobbie of Lady Macbeth was always after her husband making sure he does what she tells him. This is a good picture because it describes how Lady Macbeth went crazy in killing King Duncan just so she would be queen.

Design exploration: A poster designed for Shakespeare's The Tempest.

henry v | william shakespeare

Posters to promote the 2010 season of Shakespeare at the Theatre Royal

A book cover design for Hamlet. Every cover from Hamlet uses the skull, so i wanted to design a different part of the book. The ghost of the father is holding his head (like the classic scene of the skull) and pointing to his ear to show where the poison was injected, cursing his fate.

In 1894, Scottish artist James Pryde teamed with English artist William Nicholson to create posters under the pseudonym "the Beggarstaff Bro...