The summer drama season at Rome’s Silvano Toti Globe Theatre is dedicated to the recently-deceased Riccardo Cavallo who directed many productions at the Globe.

Under the artistic direction of popular Roman actor Gigi Proietti, the festival continues with Love's Labour's Lost (11 Sept-18 Sept) by Alvaro Piccardi and ends with Shakespeare Fest (19-21 Sept), a celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of the Bard, with screenings, theatre and music.

The charming timber theatre, in the heart of Villa Borghese, is a full-scale reproduction of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, copied from the original designs, and almost identical to the one that stands on London’s South Bank.

All performances in Italian.