An 11-year-old boy is enraptured by strolling players acting out a play by 'Wm Shaksper'. He runs away to London to join Shakepeare's troup and finds himself employed in the building of the Globe Theatre. With determination, he eventually becomes one of Shakespeare's players.

 

This is volume 10 in Historical Stories .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Roy Apps is the author of more than fifty children's books, including The Twitches, Fang Gang and How To Handle. He is the author of the highly successful Dream to Win series for Franklin Watts.