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 final showdown of the theater war! Will they despair and die, or live and flourish?! This is the moment that decides everything! Their final show is the play Shakes once swore never to put on again--Richard III! Shakespeare's grotesque dark hero will transform the history of theater! On whom will the goddess of victory smile? And what is the secret of Queen Elizabeth, the monarch who massacred Catholics and created their living hell?! A full-scale historical epic about the man who rose from nameless country bumpkin to become the greatest poet in the world! Things come to a head in volume 12 of this all-new manga from Harold Sakuishi, author of Beck and Gorillaman!