FRANCESCA PAOLA NATALE

PhD Student

PhD program:: XLI
email: francescapaola.natale@uniroma1.it
building: Marco Polo

supervisor: Prof. Sonia Massai
co-supervisor: Prof. Pascale Aebischer (University of Exeter)

Research: From Manuscript to Performance: Experimental Adaptations as Textual Reconstruction in Early Modern Drama

Francesca Paola Natale is a PhD candidate in English Literature, Language and Translation at Sapienza University of Rome (literary curriculum - English literature). In 2025, she earned her Master's degree in English and Anglo-American Studies from Sapienza University of Rome, with a thesis titled "An Anatomy of the Body: Embodiment, Performance, Macbeth". She previously obtained her Bachelor's degree in Modern European Languages, Cultures and Literatures in 2022 from the University of Naples "Federico II", with a thesis titled "Hamlet between Action and Representation". Her research project focuses on the relationship between editing and performance in the theatre of Christopher Marlowe. Her academic interests include textual editing, performance studies and embodiment.

Research products

11573/1769347 - 2026 - Dancing the Voice: Embodied Empathy and Shakespearean Affect in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Sea of Troubles

Natale, Francesca Paola - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno

conference: XVII IASEMS Conference, Affective Shakespeare and the Early Modern Imagination: Empathy, Voice, and Spectatorship (Napoli)

book: Affective Shakespeare and the Early Modern Imagination: Empathy, Voice, Spectatorship. - ()

11573/1769346 - 2026 - Shakespeare and Ballet - Review

Natale, Francesca Paola - 01d Recensione

paper: JOURNAL OF ADAPTATION IN FILM & PERFORMANCE (Bristol: Intellect, 2007-) pp. - - issn: 1753-643X - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1756894 - 2025 - Staging possibilities: A Study on the Body in Chiara Guidi's Macbeth

Natale, Francesca Paola - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: Forms and Discourses of Spirituality and Materialism in Early Modern Texts - The 16th IASEMS Conference (Viterbo)

book: Forms and Discourses of Spirituality and Materialism in Early Modern Texts - ()