Date 20 June 2022
Pages 208
Format cm 13 x 20
Price € 15.00
EAN 9791092763249
Publisher Website www.lespetitesmoustaches.com

Under Desdemona's Mask

Author Marie Nollet
Category Children's Books
A captivating novel of a time in 17th-century London when women were barred from the arts.

London, 1640. Since women aren't allowed to be actors, Esther must disguise herself as a man to get onstage. Everyone knows her as Samuel Garland, the great English actor. Her daughter Abra has a friend John; both ten-year-olds are theater enthusiasts. He dreams of being an actor, while she of becoming a playwright–but that, too, is an activity reserved for men alone. Despite these obstacles, they manage to realize their dreams, never suspecting for a second that the theater, like their future, is about to be dealt a fatal blow.