The importance of this investigation consists in revelation of original play’s circumstances. Even without stage scenery, the play’s setting is a signifier. For any early audience the setting has been part of visual experience. But the name of this city for the original audience would have said little if anything at all. Consequently, the setting was not a random choice from all possible world’s geographical points. The actual Vienna, unlike London, was not a maritime city. The use of Ferrara was a common setting for other plays of the same period. The present project entails an investigation on the eventual change of setting of Shakespeare’s play. Setting is a part of what Keir Elam. Dated 24 September 1621, contains continental news translated from a German original.