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I Finished All Shakespeare's Plays Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

muchado: The series is well into retirement and no one else can ever be eligible to find this bonus cache, so it is time to archive it.

Congratulations and many thanks to the 29 cachers that completed the series and logged the bonus. I appreciate all you kind words and helpful comments.

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Hidden : 12/21/2007
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A bonus cache for those who have finished all Shakespeare's plays. Do not go to the coordinates above, the cache is not there.


You've now completed the Shakespeare series - all 37 plays that inspired 38 caches. Once you've logged a find on all of them, you may log a find for this cache. If you found all the caches, you have all the information needed to find this cache. However, I will e-mail you the final coordinates through your profile after you log the last of the 38 caches.

A bookmark list of all the caches in the series can be found here.

Winter Information

I've updated the Available In Winter attribute for all the caches in the series.

  • Available - The cache should not be much harder to find with snow on the ground. This can be because it will not be covered with much snow or the hint is pretty good.
  • Not Reported - The cache can be found with snow on the ground, but it may take some poking around and possibly some digging in geo-obvious places.
  • Not Available - The cache will be very difficult or almost impossible to find with more than a couple inches of snow on the ground.

I have no intentions of changing any cache in the series that is older than 6 months to make it more winter friendly. If a cache has been out less than 6 months and is winter-unfriendly, I may make small changes or be willing to give extra extra help to locate it in winter.

The Cache


The coordinates for the final are N 42° 5A.BCD W 071° 3E.FGH


Reference Point Key
Two Gentleman Of Verona
Final
N 4x xx.xAx W 071 xx.xxx
Timon Of Athens
Final
N 4x xx.xxx W 071 xx.Bxx
Love's Labour Lost
Waypoint #2
N 4x xx.xxx W 071 xx.xxC
Richard III
Final
N 4x xx.xDx W 071 xx.xxx
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Final
N 4x xx.xxx W 071 xx.Exx
Othello
Final
N 4x xx.xxx W 071 xx.xxF
Much Ado About Nothing
Final
N 4x xx.xxG W 071 xx.xxx
Two Gentlement Of Verona
Final
N 4x xx.Hxx W 071 xx.xxx

Please Note

  • You do not have to solve this puzzle. After you log the last of your 38 caches, I will e-mail you the final coordinates.
  • The cache is a small lock &amp.
  • Please do not log this cache until you have found all the other caches in the Shakespeare series.

The Rewards


"Remember our reward, when the deed is done."
Richard III (Act I, Scene IV)

This series is a challenging one and it's always nice to get a prize at the end of a challenge. I will have prizes and a certificate for the first 12 finders of this cache and certificates for everyone else. Sometime in April, I'll be holding an event at a favorite watering hole in Manchester. At that time, I'll let any of the remaining first twelve finders select a prize in the order in which they logged the cache. I'll also distribute all the certificates to all the finders that evening.

This is a list of the prizes available from top to bottom, left to right.

  • An original edition Travel Bug - Bushwhack Bob
  • A Tranquility Geocoin - Red Passion Edition - #1Batman
  • A Tranquility Geocoin - 2 Toned Nickel Under Copper - Bill the Cat 89
  • A Tranquility Geocoin - Antique Nickel LE - 2GeoHounds
  • A "Bend-O" William Shaekespeare figure. - HockeyPuck
  • Suncatcher 2007 Gold Geocoin - Team Bullis
  • 12 Days of Caching 2007 Gold Geocoin - solid-rock-seekers
  • A Tranquility Geocoin - Blue Is My World Edition - meandmydogs
  • A posable William Shaekespeare figure. - JEM3
  • New Hampshire 2007 Geocoin - wemedge
  • A Tranquility Geocoin - 2 Toned Copper Under Nickel - Kayak Kouple
  • Monarch Butterfly Lapel Pin - ponil


Premium Member Caches


Several of the Shakespeare caches are now restricted to premium members only. I've placed the restriction on these caches because of persistent muggle problems and I'm hoping making it harder to get the coordinates will discourage muggles. If you are not a premium member and you have found twelve or more of the Shakespeare caches, I will gladly work with you to find and log the premium caches in the series.


Retirement of the series!

As of January 1, 2010, I will begin retiring the Shakespeare caches. I'll retire a cache on its fourth anniversary or when it needs maintenance - whichever comes first. So, if you want to finish the series, you should note which ones are coming up for retirement.

I've changed the tables below to help track the comings and goings of the caches. Caches listed in red have been archived. Caches listed in yellow will be archived within 6 months. Cachers are only listed in the "Still To Find" section if their outstanding caches are still available.

If you have found all the Shakespeare caches other than the muggled caches (those that were archived before their 4th anniversary), you are also eligible to log this bonus cache. More details soon.



The Numbers





The 39 Shakespeare caches have been found
2979 times by 540 different cachers.


King John has been found 138 times.
Henry IV, Part I has been found 127 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-05-25.
Henry IV, Part II has been found 126 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-05-25.
Romeo And Juliet has been found 126 times.
This cache was archived on 2010-03-12 due to muggling.
Hamlet has been found 119 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-09-02.
Antony And Cleopatra has been found 116 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-08-25.
The Merchant Of Venice has been found 109 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-05-13.
The Merry Wives Of Windsor has been found 109 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-08-24.
Troilus And Cressida has been found 108 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-06-08.
Alls Well That Ends Well has been found 107 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-12-24.
Henry V has been found 85 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-06-13.
Much Ado About Nothing has been found 82 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-01-20.
The Comedy Of Errors - Syracuse has been found 82 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-10-02.
Henry VI, Part I has been found 79 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-11-25.
Twelfth Night or What You Will has been found 78 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-11-22.
Henry VI, Part III has been found 75 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-11-30.
Julius Caesar has been found 73 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-12-09.
Henry VI, Part II has been found 73 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-11-29.
A Midsummer Nights Dream has been found 70 times.
The Comedy Of Errors - Ephesus has been found 67 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-10-02.
The Taming Of The Shrew has been found 66 times.
Cymbeline has been found 66 times.
As You Like It has been found 64 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-10-03.
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona - On A Crawl has been found 63 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-10-06.
Henry VIII - The Four Houses Of ... has been found 61 times.
This cache was retired on 2011-03-03.
Othello - So Many Questions has been found 59 times.
This cache was retired on 2011-02-07.
The Winters Tale has been found 57 times.
Coriolanus - Redux has been found 18 times.
This cache was archived on 2010-01-01 due to muggling.
Pericles, Prince Of Tyre has been found 55 times.
Titus Andronicus - Lavinia Was Here has been found 55 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-09-16.
Richard III has been found 52 times.
This cache was retired on 2010-06-04.
The Tempest - Redux has been found 18 times.
This cache was archived on 2010-01-01 due to muggling.
Loves Labour Lost has been found 51 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-10-03.
Timon Of Athens has been found 51 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-10-19.
Macbeth has been found 49 times.
This cache was retired on 2011-04-07.
Measure For Measure - That Old Time Ground Zero has been found 49 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-06-12.
Richard II has been found 49 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-09-08.
King Lear has been found 46 times.
This cache will be retired on 2011-08-23.
I Finished All Shakespeares Plays has been found 30 times.



Statistics as of Tue May 10 07:05:58 2011

solid-rock-seekers
completed the series on 2007-12-27
Team Bullis
completed the series on 2007-12-28
meandmydogs
completed the series on 2007-12-29
Bill the Cat 89
completed the series on 2008-01-11
#1batman
completed the series on 2008-01-11
2GeoHounds
completed the series on 2008-01-12
wemedge
completed the series on 2008-01-19
Kayak Kouple
completed the series on 2008-01-19
HockeyPuck
completed the series on 2008-03-17
Bushwhack Bob
completed the series on 2008-04-15
JEM3
completed the series on 2008-04-25
ponil
completed the series on 2008-05-18
team salford
completed the series on 2008-10-05
Oreb
completed the series on 2008-11-10
76-CJ7
completed the series on 2008-11-10
Team Skywalker
completed the series on 2008-12-06
ThePetersPack
completed the series on 2009-04-28
PRINC3SS
completed the series on 2009-09-26
wsax
completed the series on 2009-11-19
boula_and_boulette
completed the series on 2009-12-05
nashuan
completed the series on 2010-01-10
wban1012
completed the series on 2010-05-02
"Giz"
completed the series on 2010-05-31
CarpeGeo
completed the series on 2010-06-15
clue clan
completed the series on 2010-06-17
bjakz
completed the series on 2010-08-25
kruegerfour
completed the series on 2010-11-25
Nhtravelers5
completed the series on 2011-02-27



Cachers who have found all the non-muggled caches are also eligible to find the bonus cache.

WiiGeo
has found all the non-muggled caches on 2010-10-16

Additional Hints (No hints available.)