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In 1581, Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own. But she finds a way to bring her work to the stage secretly. Yet, 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 modern day New York, playwright Melina Green is determined to see one of her shows make the stage, inspired by her ancestor Emilia Bassano, England's first published female poet. Although the challenges are different for her, a woman's voice is still not heard like a man's. But what lengths will she be willing to go to in order to achieve her dreams?