Paladian Villa Zamboninal near Verona, Italy, photo courtesy Tuscany Now by Linda Theil A London-based, Italian-villa-rental company called Tuscany Now recently chose to highlight the Shakespeare authorship question in a recent post titled “Shakespeare in Italy” . (At last viewing, readers must link direct to the blog because there is as yet no link to blog posts from the Tuscany Now homepage.) Content creator Phoebe Ryan tied Italian sites to Shakespeare’s work, interviewed principals in the authorship debate, and referred to the work of Richard Paul Roe in his lifework, The Shakespeare Guide to Italy (Harper, 2011) in her "Shakespeare in Italy" post. She said: In Romeo and Juliet, we see the warring Montagues and Capulets against the backdrop of Verona, then Romeo’s solitude in Mantua. Famous for Juliet’s balcony as well as its inspiring Roman arena, Verona has monopolized on Romeo and Juliet. In Verona’s countryside at a beautiful Palladian...
a Michigan group dedicated to the study of the works of William Shakespeare with particular interest in the authorship question