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|Title=The Secret Theatre, Part 2:<br>Shakespeare in Venice
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|1st= [[Fantomen 10-11/2020|''Fantomen'' 10-11/2020]]
|Pages= 24
|Writer= [[Claes Reimerthi]]
|Artist= [[Kari Leppänen]]
|Colorist=[[Reprostugan]]
|Producer=[[Egmont Publishing|Egmont Publishing AB]]
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'''"The Secret Theatre, Part 2: Shakespeare in Venice"''' is a 2020 [[Team Fantomen]] story, written by [[Claes Reimerthi]], with art by [[Kari Leppänen]].

==Plot synopsis==
In 1592 The 2nd Phantom visits Venice, where he gets involved in a Catholic plot to murder an astronomer who has a theory that the Earth moves around the Sun. Also visiting Venice is William Shakespeare who has become infatuated with the Jesuit agent Leon.

== Appearances ==
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[The 2nd Phantom]]
*[[Principal Xavier]]
*[[Leon]]/ Signorina Leonore Di Corelli
'''One-time characters'''
*Niccolò Candido, astronomer
*Signore Arborini
*Earl of Southampton, "Harry"
*Cardinal Di Sienna
*Fredo
*Luigi
'''Real-life characters'''
*[[William Shakespeare]]

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'''Locations'''
*[[Italy (location)|Venice]]
*[[Spain (location)|Spain]]
**Jesuit convent

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== Related stories ==
===Preceded by===
*"[[The Secret Theatre, Part 1: The Man with the Silver Nose]]" by [[Claes Reimerthi]] and [[Kari Leppänen]]
===Followed by===
*"[[The Secret Theatre, Part 3: The Final Performance]]" by [[Claes Reimerthi]] and [[Kari Leppänen]]

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"The Secret Theatre, Part 2: Shakespeare in Venice", [[The Phantom 1900 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1900]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Den hemliga teatern, del 2: Shakespeare i Venedig", [[Fantomen 10-11/2020|''Fantomen'' 10-11/2020]]

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