By Any Other Name

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2024
Edition: First Edition

Description: 525 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In 1581, Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlains mistress she has access to the theatre and finds a way to bring her work to the stage secretly. But creating some of the worlds greatest dramatic masterpieces comes at a cost: by paying a man for the use of his name, she will write her own out of history. His name William Shakespeare.In present day Manhattan, playwright Melina Green has written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. Although the challenges are different four hundred years later, the playing field is still not level for women in theatre. Is Melinalike Emiliawilling to forfeit her credit as author, to see her work performed

ISBN: 9781761471001