The Dark Lady

Emilia Bassano, believed to be the woman known as “the Dark Lady” in Shakespeare’s sonnets, was actually one of England’s first female published poets. She was also trilingual, mixed race, and a force to be reckoned with. In The Dark Lady, Shakespeare and Bassano collide as they wrestle with artistic collaboration, ambition, envy, and love–an entanglement that will profoundly shape both their lives and their work.