The Workes of William Shakespeare

A Flickbook By Abram Games

Abram Games

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Pallas Athene Publishers
01 June 2023

Prints & printmaking; Individual designers; Illustration; Shakespeare studies & criticism

In 1975 Abram Games, one of Britain's greatest graphic designers, was commissioned to make a fund-raising poster for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His brilliant solution was to become iconic: the face of Shakespeare built up from the titles of all the plays as they appear in the First Folio.

The poster has been seen all over the world; but Abram Games intended much more. After his death, his daughter Naomi discovered a mock up he had made of a flick book. As the reader flicked the pages, Games planned to make Shakespeare's face gradually emerge.

Now at last Games' original project is coming to life. All 37 plays are included, in the order they are printed in the First Folio of 1623, ending with Pericles, Prince of Tyre, added to the collection in the Third Folio of 1664. At the end, the playwright makes a graceful exit, marked by the poems and the lost or doubtful plays. The book is completed with some favourite quotations, and the date of each work. Naomi Games has written a brief introduction about the history of Games' image.

AUTHOR: A first-generation Londoner born in 1914, Abram Games designed some of the most iconic and recognisable images of the 20th century. His work was known for its efficiency, directness and humour, and included public information posters, advertisements, book jackets and stamps. From 1942 he was the official war artist for posters, and later he worked for London Transport, BEA and BOAC, the Financial Times and Guinness amongst many others. Most famously, he designed the logo for the Festival of Britain in 1951. His motto was 'maximum meaning, minimum means'. Games was awarded the OBE for services to graphic design and appointed Royal Designer for Industry (RDI), by the Royal Society of Art. He died in 1996.

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The iconic flickbook showing Shakespeare's face emerge, built from the titles of his plays, by one of Britain's great graphic designers, Abram Games .

A monument in the history of design

By: Abram Games
Imprint: Pallas Athene Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 105mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 157g
ISBN: 9781843681373
ISBN 10: 1843681374
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 01 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

A first-generation Londoner born in 1914, Abram Games designed some of the most iconic and recognisable images of the 20th century. His work was known for its efficiency, directness and humour, and included public information posters, advertisements, book jackets and stamps. From 1942 he was the official war artist for posters, and later he worked for London Transport, BEA and BOAC, the Financial Times and Guinness amongst many others. Most famously, he designed the logo for the Festival of Britain in 1951. His motto was ‘maximum meaning, minimum means’. Games was awarded the OBE for services to graphic design and appointed Royal Designer for Industry (RDI), by the Royal Society of Art. He died in 1996.