Escape Live Stratford: Shakespeare’s Script

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Live Stratford (website)

31 Greenhill Street, CV37 6LE

Stratford-upon-Avon

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Shakespeare's newest play is set to open at The Globe theatre tonight, the crowds have gathered and the house is full. To keep the script under wraps Shakespeare kept just one copy and a hour before the curtain is due to to go up, it's gone missing! You and your team must find the script within 60 minutes to save Shakespeare from an embarrassing opening night and save the day.
show full description
Thank you for helping keep Escape the Review up to date!
Let us know what needs changing:




If you own or manage this company, you can also claim the listing and update it yourself

Overall rating

Rated between 2 and 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 12 users

Your review

Player reviews

abunai expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
TheCLAMS expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalpoor hosting

The puzzles weren't very logical and it wasn't always obvious which padlocks the puzzles referred to. I did enjoy the Shakespeare element but to me that's the only thing the game had going for it

Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 25 Mar 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivengreat hosting

It looks authentic and has a great atmosphere created by the lighting and the references to Shakespeare that continue throughout. The puzzles were very straightforward and not always logical, to be honest, so this wasn't one that we really gelled with. 

Saying that, we really enjoyed the theme and a lot of effort has been made to include some nice nods to the Bard.

A fantastic host here - one of the most enthusiastic, friendly GMs we have encountered.

SupertrampEcho experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivengreat hosting
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 02/12/18
๐Ÿฆกcipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 08/08/20 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50.26 Outcome: Successful escape!

This room works very well as a remote room, but in real life it may be alittle mundane. It is well themed and the puzzles are clear to see via zoom. The inventory isn't over used, but there are decent images in there if you want to refer to them and out avatar (Tom) was very good at clearing out what had been used. Add in a couple of nice 'ooo' moments and you've got a good remote adventure.

Everything we solved made sense and nothing felt like a logic leap and they've resisted the urge to include too much searching. My favourite of the three remote offering from Escape Live (so far).

Siรขn O'Brien experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 01/09/2019 Team size: 5 Time taken: 47:47 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendlyplain

This was a good, fun game. A bit riddle-y for me. I prefer physically achieving things, rather than reading > find a number > open padlock. There were also some nice surprises in this room though! So I'll definitely go back. I thought the story was good and the puzzles fitted the theme, so overall I would recommend this room. It's also a good starter one you could perhaps do with kids. They have designated it a level 3.5.

StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 15 Oct 2020 Outcome: Successful escape!
msilcox expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 5 Feb 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 43 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-drivenfamily friendlyquite easy

As a fan of Shakespeare's plays I definitely enjoyed all the references to his work.  This was definitely on the easier end, but I think would be a great one to do with kids who are learning about Shakespeare in school.  Nicely done sets, and a couple of clever elements we haven't seen before.

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Showing most recent only - see all ratings & reviews

See also

Other copies of this game in other locations:(Different copies of the same game sometimes have significant differences.)