L ' I N F E R N O

DANTE DRAMATISED
DANTE DRAMMATIZZATO
L’INFERNO
CHARACTER -1321 + = -1321 or later 1283↔1300 = between 1283 and 1300 ?? = a guess
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC given when the character is first seen or heard by the audience
MALE FEMALE optional words added to Dante’s & Kline’s
→ L→ DOWN LEFT STEPS AND ONTO STAGE → R → DOWN RIGHT STEPS AND OUT OF SIGHT
THE DARK WOOD & THE HILL
CANTO 1
THE CURTAINLESS STAGE IS IN DARKNESS. A SPOTLIGHT FROM ABOVE PICKS OUT DANTE.
DANTE ALIGHIERI 1265 - 1321 AGE : 34 (ABOUT 2 MONTHS SHORT OF 35)
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC
FLORENCE.
DESCRIPTION
AS HE IS ORDINARILY SHOWN BUT WITHOUT THE LAUREL WREATH, WHICH HE EARNS AT THE END OF THE
COMMEDIA. HIS GARMENT IS WRAPPED MANY TIMES AROUND WITH A THIN, TASSELLED WAIST-CORD, NEEDED
FOR C16 106-114. HERE, THE END OF THE CORD HANGS CLOSE TO THE FLOOR. FOR MOST OF THE
DRAMATISATION IT IS TIED UP.
HE CARRIES A BOOK, NOT HIS DIVINE COMEDY BUT A WORKBOOK FOR IT, PROBABLY COMPOSED OF WAX
TABLETS OR SLATES WITH THE STYLUS KEPT IN THE SPINE. ON HIS CHEST IS A BOOKHOLDER WHICH HE USES AT
HIS CONVENIENCE THROUGHOUT THE DRAMATISATION. THERE IS A SIMILAR ONE ON HIS BACK. VIRGIL AND
OTHER MAJOR CHARACTERS WITH BOOKS HAVE SIMILAR HOLDERS.
DANTE TELLS OF HIS JOURNEY AS SOMETHING DONE.
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