Shakespea Re di Napoli (Shakespeare King of Naples)

This event is part of
Italy on Screen Today
9^th Edition
New York, December 5-10, 2024

US Premiere Screening
Shakespea Re di Napoli (Shakespeare King of Naples)
(2023, Italy, 90 min.)
In ENGLISH and ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles

Directed by
Nadia Baldi, Ruggero Cappuccio

Written by
Ruggero Cappuccio

Starring
Alessandro Preziosi, Giovanni Esposito, Jacopo Rampini
Peppe Servillo, Elio De Capitani

Produced by
Teatro Segreto, Arti Magiche
With the support of Film Commission Regione Campania

Followed by
Jacopo Rampini, actor
in conversation with
Stefano Albertini, NYU

In ENGLISH

For whom did the great English playwright William Shakespeare write his 154 sonnets, dedicated to the mysterious W.H.? The story is set in 17th-century Naples and its two protagonists are Desiderio, who has returned after a long time in London and claims to have been the principal interpreter of Shakespeare’s female creations, and Zoroastro, an old friend who finds Desiderio’s incredible stories hard to swallow.