Circles of hell

Mario Micallef as Dante in Id-Divina Commedia. Veteran thespian Mario Micallef will be performing a 65-minute monologue, Id-Divina Commedia, as part of the Notte Gozitana, being organised by the Department of Culture of Gozo, this weekend. Based on...

[attach id="252699" size="medium"]Mario Micallef as Dante in Id-Divina Commedia.[/attach]

Veteran thespian Mario Micallef will be performing a 65-minute monologue, Id-Divina Commedia, as part of the Notte Gozitana, being organised by the Department of Culture of Gozo, this weekend.

Based on Alfred Palma’s exhaustive translation from the original, Id-Divina Commedia is an accurate adaptation in free verse. The monologue will be delivered by Micallef in dramatic form.

This performance takes the audience on a voyage starting from hell, through purgatory and ending in heaven.

The genial work not only elevated Dante to a higher and much bigger status than that of his contemporaries, but assured him of a designation which is of similar relevance today, 700 years later, namely, as the author of one of the most precious literary works ever.

• Id-Divina Commedia is being presented free of charge, at Straight Street, Victoria, on Saturday at 7.30pm.

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