By any other name : a novel / Jodi Picoult.
"Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn't level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym. In 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her lessons on languages, history, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but like most women of her day, she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees all theater productions in England, Emilia sees firsthand how the words of playwrights can move an audience. She begins to form a plan to secretly bring a play of her own to the stage - by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work. Told in intertwining timelines, By Any Other Name, a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire, centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Should a writer do whatever it takes to see her story live on...no matter the cost? This remarkable novel, rooted in primary historical sources, ensures that the name Emilia Bassano will no longer be forgotten." -- Provided by audiobook's back.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593948057
- ISBN: 059394805X
- Physical Description: 15 audio discs (18 hr., 30 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : Random House Audio, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024, ℗2024
Content descriptions
General Note: | Disc 15 includes a bonus PDF with Shakespearean references, sources and resources, and an image from the book. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Billie Fulford-Brown and Laura Benanti ; with Jayne Entwistle, Andrew Fallaize, Joe Jameson, John Lee, Nicholas Guy Smith, Simon Vance, and Steve West ; with a note read by the author. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Potter-Tioga Library System. (Show)
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Blossburg Memorial Library | BOC PIC (Text) | 30063000290967 | Audiobook | Available | - |