To be, or not to be? That is the question...presented in a legal memo that will change the life of young William Shakespeare. The greatest writer in the history of the English language is recast as a struggling young barrister in this inventive and poignant comedy. Shakespeare and his moody law partner, Charles Ap Ulet, gamble their failing law practice on a single client, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, and his claim of "wrongful death" against his uncle, King Claudius. Shakespeare has no experience, no evidence, and no idea where the courthouse is. But with luck, he might change the course of legal history.