Literary secrets come alive when Harold Sakuishi, creator of the all-time-classic rock 'n' roll manga BECK, tackles a different kind of legend: William Shakespeare. He's said to be the greatest playwright and poet in history, the author of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth, but just who was William Shakespeare? Harold Sakuishi unlocks the secrets behind the writer you only thought you knew! Volume 1 comes in a special, 520-page 2-in-1 edition.
The theater war reaches its climax with the return of the once-abandoned play Richard III. London, the city of theater, thirsts for the story of a conqueror! With Shakespeare at the helm, the Lord Strange's Men have the Admiral's Men up against the wall. Right up until the final performance, it remains unknown who will bear the crown of victory. Which company will win over the audience? A world-changing face-off begins in this full-scale historical epic about the man who rose from nameless country bumpkin to become the greatest poet in the world! Sparks fly in the eleventh volume of this all-new manga from Harold Sakuishi, author of Beck and Gorillaman!