Dante at 750: A Dramatic Reading of the Divine Comedy

Dante at 750: A Dramatic Reading of the Divine Comedy

Thursday, October 29, 2015 . 7PM
Dante at 750

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Estimated Length: 
1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission

The Italian Cultural Society of Washington, DC in collaboration with the University of Maryland at College Park cordially invites you to a dramatic reading of Dante's Divine Comedy done by students from the Department of French and Italian (School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures) and the School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies.

The dramatic reading (in English and Italian),done by graduate students from Theatre and by Italian majors in Italian and Music,will be accompanied by music and famous illustrations of the Divine Comedy: the Dark Woods (Inferno I-II), the Forest of the Suicides (Inferno XIII)and the meeting of Dante with Beatrice (PurgatorioXXX).