A true Story, Fakespeare is about truth and lies, then and now. Although the events of the play – the Great Shakespeare Fraud – happened in the 1790s, the characters are actually telling us the story in the present day, fully aware of the audience. Lies, however well-intentioned, lead to the destruction of the family in the play, and even today the truth about what actually happened then is hard to pin down. Fakespeare is an object lesson in the timeless need for honesty and truthfulness in human interactions.