By any other name. Jodi Picoult. 2024.

In 1581, Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord  Chamberlain’s mistress she has success 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 ancestors Emiliano 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?