L ' I N F E R N O

BRUNETTO EMBRACES DANTE AND RESUMES HIS DIRECTION AT SPEED.
DANTE STARES AT THE BIBLE, THEN LOOKS UP TO SEE BEATRICE VANISH WITH THE BOOK AS THE
SPOTLIGHT..◙ ..TURNS OFF. DANTE AND VIRGIL GO FORWARD AND DOWN → R → .
AFTER A WHILE, DANTE RECOVERS ENOUGH TO CLOSE THE CANTO.
DANTE (VOICE):
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Poi si rivolse, e parve di coloro Then he turned back, and seemed like one
che corrono a Verona il drappo verde who runs for the green cloth, at Verona,
per la campagna; e parve di costoro through the open fields: and seemed like
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quelli che vince, non colui che perde. one of those who wins, not one who loses.
DANTE COMPARES BRUNETTO’S DEPARTURE TO ONE RUNNING THE RACE AT VERONA, HELD ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT,
FOR WHICH THE PRIZE WAS A PIECE OF GREEN CLOTH, A MANTLE, OR PALIO.
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RUSTICUCCI, GUERRA & TEGGHIAIO
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I was already in a place where the booming of the water, that fell, into the next circle, sounded like a beehive’s
humming, when three shades together, running, left a crowd that passed under the sharp burning rain. They came
towards us, and each one cried:
♫HUMMING / BOOMING WATERFALL – NOT TOO LOUD * * * * * * * * * *
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‘the booming of the water that fell into the next circle sounded like a beehive’s humming’
DANTE COMES DOWN THE → L → OR EMERGES FROM BACKSTAGE. HE HEADS TOWARDS THE AUDIENCE.
THREE ‘SCORCHED, STAINED’ SPIRITS – JACOPO RUSTICUCCI, GUIDO GUERRA AND TEGGHIAIO
ALDOBRANDI – COME RUNNING, OR THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD.
JACOPO RUSTICUCCI *---- ? - *---- ? AGE : *-- ?
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC
FLORENCE.
DESCRIPTION
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JACOPO RUSTICUCCI: A FLORENTINE WHO WAS DRIVEN TO IMMORAL PRACTICES BY AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE.
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