Was he really an Italian (?), wondered even the authoritative British “Times”, trying to illuminate the dark side and the confused information surrounding the life of the greatest playwright in history, whose date of birth is disputed today. Edited by Alessandro Merciori
Really, how would you feel if you were suddenly told “forget what you know: Shakespeare’s name was not William, but Michelangelo. Not even Shakespeare, but Florio. ? “
How would you feel if you were told that “he was not born in Stratford-upon-Avon, but in Messina. He is not English, but Italian? ”… Will you not experience a cosmic shock? Not enough. However: read the following carefully to realize that this particular theory, crazy, radical and improbable as you like (which – important thing – was born not from the imagination of an Italian, but from the English one), it is not excluded that, after all, hides the key to immortality, however unanswerable “To be or not to be?”.
For example: how could the son of a poor leather glover have such a good culture and education, both in antiquity and in Latin? How could someone be born in the English countryside and at the same time be able to describe with such precision and completeness, Italian cities, places and landscapes, customs, traditions, but also the Italians of that time, as we have inherited them. them in 17 of his 35 works; Why “stuck” with Italy?
You know, was he really Italian (?), the authoritative British “Times” also wondered, trying to illuminate the dark side and the confused information surrounding the life of the greatest playwright in history, which is still debated and still debated today . birth. “fate” 23that April 1564, that we all went to school for only one reason: because it also coincided with the date of his death: April 23, 1616, this time, to be exact, in Stratford-upon-Avon.
And the one about Italy and Messina, where exactly are they based? How many paradoxes you want, but how many solid and highly documented historical facts.
At that time Sicily was under Spanish occupation and since everyone in his family were Calvinists, therefore heretics, they were forced into hiding to escape the Inquisition. And they emigrated to England.
There Michelangelo, now called Guglielmo, translated his name into William and his surname into Shakespeare, where ‘Shake’ is the English translation of Scrolla, while ‘Spear’ is the spear: short ‘shaken’ from the spear”.
Married to Anne Hathaway, father of three children, Susan, Hamlet and Judeth, in his new identity Shakespeare traveled freely and undisturbed in Italy and Greece, although he probably spent most of his time in Verona, Venice, Mantua, Padua and , of course, London.
“We don’t want to claim Shakespeare’s authorship at all,” said Professor Iuvara, who is based at the University of Messina. Unconsciously, as Italians, we unconsciously rejoiced in the possibilities of the new theory. After all, somewhere, at some point we also had to beat England – they taught us football. They gave us the best coaches, as well as championships in the most beautiful and attractive leagues in the world. About time, right?”…
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