Who was Emilia? Who or what does she represent? Was Emilia a sixteenth-century proto-feminist? Was Emilia 'The Dark Lady' Â in some of Shakespeare's sonnets? What is undisputed is that Emilia Lanier née Bossano was a highly intelligent and erudite woman who challenged the prevailing male hierarchy by publishing the first book of poems by an Englishwoman. As we are informed by one of the Emilias in the play, women …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:00AM on April 18, 2019