Fakespeare @ East Riding Theatre

London, 1794. Noted collector of old books Samuel Ireland is delighted when his son William brings him a mortgage deed apparently signed by Shakespeare. William claims it was given to him by a mysterious Mr H, who insists on anonymity. Hoping to please his father even more, William continues to supply items from the same source, including a letter to Anne Hathaway, a portrait of Shakespeare, even the complete texts of hitherto unknown plays written by the Bard. But when one of these plays is staged at Drury Lane, and Samuel mounts an exhibition of the newly discovered papers, scholars begin to question their authenticity and denounce Samuel as a forger. The household, presided over by housekeeper Mrs Freeman, is thrown into turmoil. As they search for the truth regarding the Shakespeare papers, family skeletons come tumbling out of cupboards and they find themselves caught up in a tale worthy of Shakespeare himself.