JOHN FLORIO, SHAKESPEARE, AND HENRY WRIOTHESLEY

Shakespeare and John Florio shared the same patron in the same period: Henry Wriothesley, the Third Earl of Southampton, who has been frequently identified as the Fair Youth of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Shakespeare’s and […]

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The Florian theory of Shakespeare authorship investigates the influential role that John Florio’s style and works played on Shakespeare’s oeuvre, and his possible role as collaborator or editor of the […]

JOHN FLORIO, SHAKESPEARE AND PROVERBS

John Florio, in his works First Fruits (1578), Second Fruits (1591) and Giardino di Ricreatione (1591) wrote proverbs that today are erroneously attributed to Shakespeare but were originally written by John Florio. Clara Longworth de Chambrun, […]

SHAKESPEARE & JOHN FLORIO AUTHORSHIP

Shakespeare & John Florio Authorship: The History Shakespeare & John Florio Authorship: 1902 Encyclopedia Britannica The Shakespeare and John Florio authorship began with Thomas Spencer Baynes, English philosopher, author and editor […]

SHAKESPEARE & JOHN FLORIO: MONTAIGNE’S ESSAYS

Shakespeare, John Florio & Montaigne: the great influence of John Florio’s translation of Montaigne’s Essays in Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare, John Florio and Montaigne: The Tempest John Florio was the first translator of Montaigne’s Essays […]

SHAKESPEARE & JOHN FLORIO: THE DANVERS CASE

SHAKESPEARE & JOHN FLORIO: THE DANVERS CASE It has been suggested by many Shakespeare’s scholars that the famous Danvers-Long feud inspired Shakespeare for the plot of Romeo and Juliet.  But what’s […]

JOHN FLORIO & THOMAS THORPE

John Florio had a close relationship with Thomas Thorpe. Thomas Thorpe, in 1610, published a translation from Epictetus his Manuall and he dedicated this work to John Florio, reminding Thorpe that […]

JOHN FLORIO & SHAKESPEARE: FIRST FOLIO

It has been suggested by some Shakespeare’s scholars that The First Folio was a project organised by Ben Jonson and John Florio, alias Shakespeare. In an article published in The Guardian, Saul Frampton […]

SHAKESPEARE, FLORIO AND THE THEME OF EXILE

The theme of exile in Shakespeare’s plays and Florio as an exile Shakespeare, like John Florio, experienced exile: this theme is present in many Shakespeare’s plays and John Florio’s works. […]

SHAKESPEARE & ITALIAN LANGUAGE

SHAKESPEARE & ITALIAN LANGUAGE In 1994, Naseeb Shaheen, in his book Shakespeare’s Knowledge of Italian proved beyond all doubt that Shakespeare had a very strong knowledge of the Italian language. In […]