House of Savoy to decide between retaining the monarchy or becoming a republic. On 9 May 1946, in a last-ditch attempt to save the monarchy, Victor Emmanuel formally abdicated in favour of his son, who became Umberto II. It did not work; the Italian constitutional referendum, 1946 was won by republicans with 54% of the vote. Victor Emmanuel went into exile in Egypt, dying there a year later. On 12 June 1946, the Kingdom of Italy formally came to an end as Umberto transferred his powers to Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi and called for the Italian people to support the new republic.
Anthony May and Guildenstern are Dead", "The Launderette", "A Last Belch for the Great Auk" and "The Nuns", which he also directed at the Roundhouse. He was the voice of the King of the Dead in "". In 2011 he played Bootstrap Bill in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" video game, Thompson in the "Tin Tin" video game and Dickson in "Xenoblade Chronicles". He recently played the Queen Elizabeth Hall reading the poetry of Rumi, and appeared as a nobleman in the 2014 fantasy film "Maleficent" starring Angelina Jolie. Anthony May Anthony May (born 23 May 1946) is an English stage, television