Shakespeare Playing Cards. Two Sealed Packs of Playing Cards in Original Presentation Box. Poker Sized, but with Two Sets Game Options range from Whist to Canasta. Designed by Donald Burton, an Actor involved in The Royal Shakespeare Company in Britain. From the Companies Production of the War Of The Roses, Kings, Queens and Jacks are represented by Historical Figures such as Henry VII as the King of Diamonds to the Jack of Diamonds, The Earl of Oxford. The Jack of Diamonds is Pictured on the Back of the Presentation Box. Includes a Pamphlet explaining the Characters and Symbolism of Cards. 1975 Copyright on Platnik Vienna Austria Pamphlet.