L ' I N F E R N O

BEFORE VIRGIL HAS FINISHED SPEAKING, DANTE LOOKS BEHIND. IN FRIGHT, HE SEIZES VIRGIL BY THE
HAND AND THEY RUN DOWN THE → R → . THEY QUICKLY APPEAR ON THE → L → AND START ACROSS
THE STAGE.
HYPOCRITES: LODERINGO, CATALANO
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Down below we found a metal-coated tribe, weeping, circling with very slow steps, and weary and defeated in their
aspect. They had cloaks, with deep hoods over the eyes, in the shape they make for the monks of Cologne. On the
outside they are gilded so it dazzles, but inside all leaden, and so heavy, that compared to them Frederick’s were
made of straw. O weary mantle for eternity! We turned to the left again, beside them, who were intent on their sad
weeping, but those people, tired by their burden, came on so slowly that our companions were new at every step. At
which, I said to my guide: Make a search for someone known to us, by name or action, and gaze around as we move
by.
FRIAR LODERINGO / THALIA (VOICE):
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E un che 'ntese la parola tosca, And one of them, who understood the Tuscan
di retro a noi gridò: Tenete i piedi, language, called after us: Rest your feet,
voi che correte sì per l'aura fosca! you who speed so fast through the dark air,
INF C23 79 / DANTE
Forse ch'avrai da me quel che tu chiedi. maybe you will get from me what you request.
LODERINGO./.THALIA APPEARS. HE./.SHE, AND CATALANO./.TERPSICHORE WHO FOLLOWS SHORTLY, ARE
UNADORNED MUSES, I.E. WITHOUT HEAVY, ORANGE-GOLD CLOAKS. THEY ‘CIRCLE WITH VERY SLOW
STEPS’, ‘WEARY AND DEFEATED IN THEIR ASPECT’.
VIRGIL SPEAKS SOFTLY TO DANTE.
LODERINGO DEGLI ANDALÒ DATES SIMILAR TO CATALANO
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC
BOLOGNA. IN 1233 HE FOUNDED THE ORDER OF THE GLORIOUS SAINT MARY: THE FIRST RELIGIOUS ORDER OF
KNIGHTHOOD TO GRANT THE RANK OF MILITISSA TO WOMEN. IT WAS APPROVED BY POPE ALEXANDER IV (?) IN
1261 AND SUPPRESSED BY SIXTUS V IN 1558.
DESCRIPTION
MUSE THALIA.
CATALANO DE’ CATALINI c 1210-1285?
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC
BOLOGNA.
DESCRIPTION
MUSE TERPSICHORE
FRATI GAUDENTI, OR JOVIAL FRIARS: A DERISIVE NAME FOR THE CAVALIERI DI S. MARIA (ORDO MILITAE BEATAE MARIAE)
FOUNDED AT BOLOGNA IN 1261, WITH THE APPROVAL OF URBAN IV, TO ACT AS MEDIATORS & PROTECT THE WEAK. IT WAS
DISBANDED DUE TO ITS LAXITY. CATALANO DE’ CATALINI (OR DE’ MALAVOLTI) & LODERINGO DEGLI ANDALÒ, A
GHIBELLINE, WERE CALLED TO FLORENCE, FROM BOLOGNA, IN 1266 TO ACT TOGETHER AS PODESTÀ & REFORM THE
GOVERNMENT. THEY WERE ACCUSED OF HYPOCRISY & CORRUPTION & EXPELLED. THE GARDINGO DISTRICT (PIAZZA DI
FIRENZE) THE SITE OF THE UBERTI PALACE, WAS DESTROYED IN A RISING AGAINST THE GHIBELLINES.
VIRGIL:
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Onde 'l duca si volse e disse: Aspetta, At which my guide turned round and said:
e poi secondo il suo passo procedi. Wait, and then go on, at his their pace.
DANTE STANDS STILL. TWO HOODED FIGURES APPROACH HIM SLOWLY, THEN LOOK AT HIM FOR A LONG
TIME.
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