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Picoult, Jodi, 1966-

By any other name / Jodi Picoult. - Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2024 - 525 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

In 1581, Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlain's mistress she has access to the theatre and finds a way to bring her work to the stage secretly. But creating some of the world's 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 Melina—like Emilia—willing to forfeit her credit as author, to see her work performed?

ISBN: 9781761471001 1761471007

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lanyer, Aemilia--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dramatists--Fiction.
Sikh women--Social conditions--Fiction.
Ambition--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6