John Heminges, the financial and management controller of the Shakespeare's company, who achieved the massive task of accumulating the disparate documents (cue scripts, plot sheets, prompt books, etc.) necessary to create the Folio. "Without John Heminges, there would be no Shakespeare!"

1623 John Heminges returns to his house with a precious package - the 1st edition of W. Shakepeare's "Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. As he starts to read, the memories come flooding back - of back stage intrigues, successes, and the importance of preserving the writings of a genius who, according to Ben Jonson was "not of an age but for all time"