https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Was William Shakespeare really a Sicilian linguist called John Florio? That's what one team of specialist researchers believes, and their theory is now the basis for a new television show being made by Italian filmmaker Stefano Reali. https://www.thelocal.it/20190326/shakespeare-was-from-sicily-claims-new-italian-tv-show Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:38:27 +0100 shakespeare-was-from-sicily-claims-new-italian-tv-show “It makes me feel good to see that so many people still care about love.” https://www.thelocal.it/20170630/letters-juliet-verona-secretaries-love-advice-travel-heartbreak Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:20:15 +0200 letters-juliet-verona-secretaries-love-advice-travel-heartbreak Shakespeare was fascinated by Italy - but how did he come to know so much about it? And was he actually an Italian? https://www.thelocal.it/20160422/shakespeare-and-italy-italian-bard-400-anniversary-death-verona-venice-rome-caesar-romeo-juliet-padua-mantua-taming-shrew-gentlemen-merchant-venice Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:48:12 +0200 shakespeare-and-italy-italian-bard-400-anniversary-death-verona-venice-rome-caesar-romeo-juliet-padua-mantua-taming-shrew-gentlemen-merchant-venice The 500th anniversary of the creation of the Venice ghetto is to be marked by an unprecedented performance of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice", in the neighbourhood to which the city's Jews were confined for centuries, organisers said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160310/shakespeare-first-to-mark-500-years-of-venice-ghetto Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:05:20 +0100 shakespeare-first-to-mark-500-years-of-venice-ghetto