'Launcelot Gobbo', the clown, features in which Shakespeare play?
Il Gobbo di Rialto Republic of Venice, Pope Paul V and the writings of Cardinals Baronio and Bellarmino. The characters of Launcelot Gobbo and his father, Old Gobbo, in William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" may have been inspired by this traditional symbol of the Rialto. Il Gobbo di Rialto Il Gobbo di Rialto or the Hunchback of the Rialto is a granite statue of a hunchback found opposite the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto at the end of the Rialto in Venice. Sculpted by Pietro da Salò in the 16th century, the statue takes the form of a crouching, naked hunchback supporting
James Gobbo James Gobbo Sir James Augustine Gobbo AC, CVO, QC (born 22 March 1931) is a retired Australian jurist and was the 25th Governor of Victoria. Giacomo 'James' Gobbo was born in Carlton, Victoria, in 1931, to Italian parents Antonio and Regina. In March 1935 the family, returned to Cittadella, Italy where a sister, Natalina, was born shortly after. Three years later the family, which also included a brother, Flavio, arrived back in Australia to take up permanent residency in North Melbourne, Victoria. Gobbo spoke no English at the time of his return, then aged seven, and his father who had