L ' I N F E R N O

THE GATE OF HELL
♫INFERNAL: SOFT, BECOMING LOUDER * * * * * * * * * *
INF C3 1
Infernal: dire but without sounds of suffering humans.
→ L→ DOWN LEFT STEPS
DANTE AND VIRGIL TRAVEL ROUND BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND START AGAIN AT THE LEFT
STEPS → L → . AS MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION, EACH TIME THE THE POETS OR
OTHERS DESCEND THE RIGHT STEPS → R → , THE STAGE MAY REMAIN AS IT IS, OR MAY
DARKEN, UNTIL THEY RETURN DOWN THE → L → – WHATEVER BEST SUGGESTS THAT THE
STAGE IS NOW AT A LOWER LEVEL.
THEY LOOK UP AT THE WORDS WRITTEN ABOVE THE GATE OF HELL. A LOUD, DIRE NOTE
SOUNDS.
DANTE READS.
DANTE:
INF C3 1-3 / DANTE INF C3 1-3 / KLINE
‘Per me si va ne la città dolente, ‘THROUGH ME [THE WAY] TO THE ETERNAL
CITY:
per me si va ne l'etterno dolore, THROUGH ME [THE WAY] TO ETERNAL
SADNESS:
per me si va tra la perduta gente. THROUGH ME [THE WAY] TO THE LOST PEOPLE.
VIRGIL TRANSLATES./.INTERPRETS TO THE AUDIENCE.
VIRGIL
INF C3 1-3 / DANTE INF C3 1-3 / KLINE
Per me si va ne la città dolente, ‘THROUGH ME [THE WAY] TO THE ETERNAL CITY:
per me si va ne l'etterno dolore, THROUGH ME [THE WAY] TO ETERNAL SADNESS:
per me si va tra la perduta gente. THROUGH ME [THE WAY] TO THE LOST PEOPLE.’
Alternative: THIS WAY FOR THE SORROWFUL CITY:
THIS WAY FOR ETERNAL SUFFERING:
THIS WAY TO JOIN THE LOST PEOPLE.
VIRGIL BEGINS READING. DANTE STARTS JUST AFTER HIM.
VIRGIL: & DANTE:
INF C3 4-6 / DANTE INF C3 4-6 / KLINE
Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore; JUSTICE MOVED MY SUPREME MAKER:
fecemi la divina podestate, I WAS SHAPED BY DIVINE POWER,
la somma sapïenza e 'l primo amore. BY HIGHEST WISDOM, AND BY PRIMAL LOVE.
INF C3 7-8 / DANTE
Dinanzi a me non fuor cose create BEFORE ME, NOTHING WAS CREATED,
se non etterne, e io etterno duro.’ THAT IS NOT ETERNAL: AND ETERNAL I
ENDURE.’
VIRGIL AND DANTE FINISH TOGETHER.
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