The World of Shakespeare Jigsaw Puzzle
1000 Pieces
Laurence King Publishing
Departing from talking about books, books, and more books for a moment…
If you read my Monday Check-In posts, you may have noticed that I’ve become obsessed with jigsaw puzzles. Spending a year locked in your house will do that to a person!
I need to take a few beats to rave about how much I loved the puzzle I did this week. It’s The World of Shakespeare, and it’s wonderful.
This 1000-piece puzzle is bright, colorful, and highly detailed, pulling together different parts of the geography of Shakespeare’s time and world. But if you look closely, it also includes people and settings from both the historical time period and from Shakespeare’s plays — so you can find Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Caliban, and so many more. Some are pretty obvious, some are hidden among tons of other characters and features. It’s so much fun!
Note: Please excuse my shoddy photography. Next hobby goal: Learning to take decent photos!
The puzzle comes with a large-sized illustration to use as a guide… and what I really loved is that the back of the illustration zooms in and provides explanation of key people and places. I definitely would not have gotten them all otherwise!
The puzzle pieces themselves are sturdy, small (but not too small), and click together really well. There’s nothing worse than a shoddy puzzle — this one is terrific quality.
Zooming in for more detailed views:
If you’re a fan of Shakespeare, jigsaw puzzles, or both, I can’t recommend this puzzle highly enough! This company also has a World of Sherlock Holmes puzzle (which I’ll skip, since I’m not a Sherlock fan) — and one I can’t wait to get, the World of Jane Austen! My Austen puzzle should be arriving this month, and I’m sure I’ll be attacking it the second it gets here.
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Bookshelf Fantasies 
I love this! I miss doing puzzles, I really should pick one up!
Before the pandemic, I hadn’t done a puzzle in years. Now, I’m hooked!
That puzzle is amazing. I like jigsaw puzzles but rarely indulge – I think I can become a little obsessive once I start.
Lynn 😀
Well, that’s definitely my problem — once I start, I basically can’t stop until I’m done!
Exactly. The last puzzle I did was a couple of penguins. There was mostly blue sky, white snow/ice and black penguin. I had to complete it all in one day though even if it did drive me crazy.
Oh, that sounds like it would make me crazy too. The most frustrating one I’ve done recently was an underwater scene — it was very pretty, but it was mostly shades of blue. I felt like my eyes would be permanently strained after that one!
This is definitely one of the cooler puzzles I’ve seen😁
I loved it, obviously. 🙂 It made me so happy.
I didn’t see any others I like from this company but this one is excellent! I’m adding it the list of things for our homeschool. Thanks for posting.
That’s great! I could see this being a great addition to a lesson on Shakespeare. I hope you enjoy it!
Oh, wow! I’m totally in love! I see that the company has similar puzzles but titled “The World of Jane Austen” and “The World of Sherlock Holmes”! I don’t think I will be able to resist, thanks for sharing (and your photography is good)!
Haha, thanks! I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Jane Austen puzzle!
Wow, Lisa! I am not sure I could do a puzzle like that. Do you have a designated table just for puzzles? We have so little clear surface area at our house, I’m wondering where I would work on it. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I spent most of the past year doing puzzles on our coffee table, except for a few oversized ones that I had to do on our dining room table (which annoyed the rest of my family). About a month ago, I finally bought a folding card table that’s just the right size for puzzles! I have it taking up space in the living room for now, but if we have guests or need the space, I can fold it back up and store it in a closet. I love it!
That’s a great plan!