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.
Our stage, sixteenth century London, is bubbling with unprecedented passion for theater. Young Lance (W. Shakespeare), uneducated and raised in a rural town, brings together a group of unique comrades with various talents to begin to write play scripts. It will be a revolution armed with nothing but the pen! This is the story of seven literary masters and their passionate whirlwind of writing as they seek freedom from a society of absolute hierarchy.