I have found some Belmonds in USA but no Belmond as a medieval island place in Europe
2007-02-22 07:41:08 · 4 answers · asked by fanda 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
"Belmont" is an Anglicization of Belmonte Calabro, a town in Southern Italy (and nowhere near Venice).
Shakespeare's knowledge of Italian geography was pretty vague. He probably heard the name from somebody at court who had been there, but I doubt Shakespeare (or whoever wrote the plays) ever visited Italy.
2007-02-22 08:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by jfengel 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It seems that someone has carefully evaluated this question and written an article on it. Their conclusion is that Bellmont is in fact Villa Foscari. Places in Shakespeare: Belmont and thereabouts
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2014-10-21 17:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Race was not treated the same way in Elizabethan times as it is today. Also, if something is written in a play, it does not mean that it is the playwright's belief. Just think about it for a second.
2016-04-06 00:09:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
:-) Undoubtedly a fiction - hardly an Italian name, is it??? And it is most likely Shakespeare didn't 'think it out' anyway as he borrowed other plays and re-wrote them - which was normal 400 years ago.
2007-02-22 07:45:38 · answer #4 · answered by waynebudd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋