INTRO: (SE: Nature) At the midpoint of the journey of life, I found myself in a dark forest, for the clear pathwas lost. Several times upon my journey home, I had sensed an unseen rider trailing my steed yet when I approached the rider vanished leaving no trace I feared this figure as an evil omen all my life I’ve known such signs and portents, and at the rise of the hill I saw a spotted leopard, all teeth and fury, at the sight of these beasts my heart sank, I sensed danger not for myself but for my beloved Beatrice. (SE: Nature Ends) (SE: Leopard) Dante: away demons! Dante in his mind: I drove my steed on, racing for my father’s villa and Beatrice.. nothing in this world meant more to me than she. (OPEN CURTAINS) Flashback: Beatrice: You were right Dante, truly this is a divine place paradise on earth. Dante: Beatrice, will you take my hand in marriage? Under God and all that is holy? Beatrice: Dante I will not marry you only to see you dead in this crusade. Dante: Jerusalem must be make christian once more, God is with us, we cannot fail. (HUGS) (CLOSE CURTAINS) (SE: Horse striding) Dante in his mind: (driving) through 3 years of war and horror, my love for beatrice and home make me grew stronger, ha only grew stronger. As I came upon the family estate, I found all unnaturally dark. (OPEN CURTAINS) (SE: Horror) Dante: Huh. the servants, all butchered Dante: father? Oh father (sad) Beatrice!!! Lord, Let her be alive!!! Break into the room, he saw a bed full of blood. Dante: in the name of God,, where is? Oh no, no, no!!! (CLOSE CURTAINS) (OPEN CURTAINS) Dante: Beloved! Are you alright? Beatrice: mumurs.. Dante: Beatrice.. [crying, lifts beatrice into her chest] Beatrice: is it you? Or a dream? Dante: who did this to you? Beatrice: I know not, a stranger, a foreigner, do you remember that night? Before you left? What we said? Dante: I remember.. Beatrice: Did you? Did you betray me? you’ve got to save me. Dante!! Dante: I’m coming for you. Beatrice!! The door closes Dante keeps on knocking the door. Grip by the hands of the dead (SE: People Crying) Dead ones: martyr You lost her Martyr You lied to her You lost her Never will you know her flesh again Never will you know her love Her sin Martyr .Dante: Never! [crying] Beatrice died. I trusted you. Dante would never betray me. Evil: come in me mortal if you have the courage Dante: Beatrice you will not keep me from my beloved. Evil: evil laugh Dante: Beatrice!! Release her devil (LIGHTS OFF) (CLOSE CURTAINS) (Dante outside the curtain) (SE: Horror) Beatrice soul: Dante!! Help me!! Evil: laugh Dante: NO!!!!! Dante: this will not stop me. A soul meant for heaven. [fighting the dead ones] Beatrice soul: Dante you lied to me. Beatrice soul: it can’t be true. I won’t let him hurt you. nothing will stop me. (CLOSE CURTAINS) (SE: Horror until curtain closed) (OPEN CURTAINS) Dante: what is this? God in heaven (Dead people are holding Dante) Beatrice soul: what? Dante! Evil: she is mine! Dante: NO!! Evil: I have come to take what was promised me. . yourself. please let it be Beatrice. Virgil: why do you seek such woe. opens the door with his hands. Dante: wager? What wager? Virgil: Lucifer bet that you will betray her love Dante: I never betrayed her Virgil: you only deceive. the treasure of Rome. once I was. but I cannot open this accursed gates [using his sword trying to open the gates] Virgil: have you lost all faith in God.You lost her Her desire You lied to her Your sins Never will you know her flesh again Your sins Never will you know her flesh again You are bound Martyr You lied to her Martyr Martyr Dante: Why Lord? Why are you doing this? Virgil: It is not the Lord that brought you to this fate Dante. she lost. Dante? Dante: I seek only my beloved Beatrice and nothing more. Beatrice: help! Help! Help [Dante continuously opening the gates] (LIGHTS OFF) The arrival (OPEN CURTAINS) Dante: what did Beatrice do to deserve such a monstrous fate? Virgil: she made a wager with Lucifer to see your safe return. if only one soul should be saved. (CLOSED CURTAINS) . though. Once again. Dante: are you not Virgil? Glory of the poets? He who wrote aeneid. I lived under Augustus on the time of the false and lying gods. mortal. O man has the way been so obscured? Keep his sword and race a crucifix. Dante: what are you? shade or living man? Virgil: Not man.. Dante: Heavenly father. 1st circle . and gather your soul against all fear. I must save Beatrice even if it means my death. Dante: has any soul past through here. (SE: Babies crying) Virgil: The unblessed infants. 9 circles compromise inferno. yet did not have the required portal of our faith.Limbo (OPEN CURTAINS) Virgil: Beyond Limbo is the fallen king Minos. no soul was ever saved. to our love. please. (Closed CURTAINS) (OPEN CURTAINS) Dante: great Virgil lead me in the inferno. judge of the damned. Abel. it is a true relic said to contain the thorn from the crown of Christ . Their punishment is the denial of paradise. I beg you. Baptism they did not have. crowned with victory. and others. the rest shall be sentenced to the circle below. Take from there the shade of our first parent of his son. when Lucifer residing in the lowest Horrifying yes. Limbo shows no mercy for these babies. Dante: And who remains in Limbo? Virgil: here suffer for those who did not sin.(OPEN CURTAINS) Flashback: night with Dante and Beatrice Dante: by all that is holy. saved? Virgil: I once saw the Mighty One. Dante: I saw a fire that overcame the half-world of darkness. You should bring this back to me. there are more damned in hell than liberated paradise. (CLOSED CURTAINS) . The one gate to the true faith was never shown to these newborn souls. Because I know you’ll be faithful. Like before these. of Abraham. I vow to forsake of all pleasures of the flesh until I return from this noble crusade Beatrice: I gave myself to you. Virgil: I will guide you but you must put aside all division of spirit. Take this. afterwards. Dante: I fear nothing Virgil: then proceed (Closed CURTAINS) Virgil: we will now go to the first circle LIMBO. who was. But for those who remain in Limbo. . close your eyes and you will see the real me. I don’t Franceska: what do you mean? Dante: I don’t love you franceska! What we are doing is a big mistake. (girl’s laughing) Franceska: no. no stop I only gave myself to him to save my husband. We could live and be happy heure forever. no… noo. Ahhh. Franceska: no buts. help me. I know you love me. Kiss me dante. We’re commiting adultery franceska. Oh. People who symbolize the power of lust and became needlessly here in hell. Franceska: haha. So go on. Dante: you’re not coming? Virgil: this is you fight.. Franceska: but I love you! you love me too right? Dante: no! franceska. This place is wonderful. Dante: NO Franceska: I loved you. dante is just. Kiss me. You see souls are blown about sensuality.. help me. Dante: franceska this is all wrong.2nd Circle (lust) (OPEN CURTAINS) Virgil: Men who lusts opposite sex are the first men to be truly punished in hell. you know it was always you. Dante: oh my God! I’m not paolo. Are we fighting again? Please my love. Stop making me laugh. wake up from reality franceska: no.. Beatrice: my love. I think I really need to kiss you and be with me in this forever Dante: no! I need to find a way to get out of this place. hahahahahahaha Franceska: paolo Dante: I’m not paol’o are you insane? Franceska: what are you saying my love.. Franceska: you said you love me? But you love me rightand I love you Dante: what you feel isn’t love it’s just pure lust. Dante: but. Dante: Virgil… (Girl’s chatting) Dante: franceska? Helen? All of you here. full of lust. (hugs franceska) Franceska: it’s been a long time... (CLOSED CURTAINS) . Franceska: but I love you! you love me too right? What are you talking about? I know I betrayed my husband to be with you paolo. you must be mine ahhhh…. Go see for yourself. you’re pretty and amazing. I’m Dante. if you’re not paolo then who are you? look at the mirror. Dante: oh! Francesca… my love. And all I have to do is drink. let’s eat the food is so delicious Dante: you seem to be over indulged with all your stuffs Woman: why not? We have our lives as frenzy as the ice cold wheather. You really don’t (CLOSED CURTAINS) 4th circle – Greed (SE: Souls Screaming) (OPEN CURTAINS) Flashback: Father was counting in his Gold coins. I found love in them. I found comfort in food. Dante: dante? How did you know my name? Cerberus: I just know… (dante entering seeing people over eating. Yes to forget everything. reveals the true nature of sensuality. Now they’re as cold as winter. when Dante was young . except they brought you here. Dante: real face of gluttony? What do you mean? Cerberus: you will see what I mean dante. nobody. ( will look over with people drinking wine) Virgil: dante.3rd circle (gluttony) (OPEN CURTAINS) Virgil: Cerberus friend shall we enter the gate you’re guarding? Cerberus: virgil.) Dante: why is everybody seems to be addicted over something ( will look at women over eating sweets and foods) like foods and drinks. over drinking and over laughing. Welcome to the real face of gluttony. even colder. Dante: you mean this is real face of gluttony? It’s real sense? Virgil: yes it is. Look at you! Woman: you’re mouth Dante: why miss feeling offended? Didn’t your mother told you to chew and swallow everything in your mouth before speaking? Woman: I’ve got no mom! Nobody wanted me. this is the real face of gluttony. behind the ice cold face is the sensuality that causes addiction. here in this circle. This is gluttony my friend. Woman: sir. They will never leave me! All of these stuffs will never me. smoke and eat to forget everything. Woman: gluttony had been the shoulder I cried on. Dante: miss you think they comfort you in your times of trouble? You think so miss? They never did. now is it my fault? Dante: all of you don’t really understand. I’m telling you these people have abandoned thinking about follow folks. we are sent in this circle for these why stop? Dante: you see miss everyone who eats too much gets fat. Dante and Virgil Walking (Dead prisoner’s trying to touch Dante) (CLOSED CURTAINS) 6th circle . what? Where are my last 3 coins? (look at Dante) . the very air reeks of fury. Dante! (Angry) Bella! Bella! Wife: Yes Husband? Father: are you stealing to me woman? Wife: No. Virgil: keep your mind. The damned can foresee the future but can never know the present. It is here we must cross. dante. (CLOSED CURTAINS) . We must hurry. Farinata: O Tuscan. 50. spirit? Farinata: know this. farinata cried for pain and burned to death. See the souls over whom anger has prevailed. Here in the sixth circle you will find endless heretics burning in eternal fire. Beatrice will marry Lucifer and reign hell. Dante.Father: 48. Dante: Farinata. no… I would never do such thing husband… Father: Ggrr! (slapped his wife) tell me where you put my money!!! Tried to hit his wife but Dante restrained him Dante: don’t hit her! …mother… (father pushed him) Father is hitting his mother (CLOSED CURTAINS) 5th circle: anger (SE: Souls Screaming) (OPEN CURTAINS) They arrived in the Fifth circle.. know that I am Farinata. 51. and you will be damned with us forever. [They see dead people crying with anger in the river of mud] in the black sludge of the river Styx do they wish they had never been born. Christ’s death forever quakes this circle. The fools. another hated man in life. Your future. 49.. is filled with death and destruction. Dante: what’s happening? Virgil: the harrowing of hell.heresy (OPEN CURTAINS) Dante: What is this place? Virgil: The tombs of heresy. Do not dwell on past deeds here. Dante: I never liked him. Dante: I cannot stand this wretched place Virgil: for we are in the fifth circle.. What do you want. who walks through this place speaking so decorously. Dante stab farinata’s eyes with his cross. Anger. Dante: this too cruel a punishment for you . you will give me a brood to carry on my legacy. Come to me. You can redeem yourself.Cleopatra. God must know this is not your fault. unspoiled. You have fire inside you. Dante: and what of you? Dante’s mother: only living can redeem themselves.(Red light) (OPEN CURTAINS) Beatrice: Let me go. minos judges it to this circle. who talked to Him. after we are properly married. Kill me again and again. I too am among damned. Heed my words. but I will never love you. but you are not lost. No body. You must look into your deepest sin to save her. Dante’s mother: why do you break me? Have you no pity? [dante looked to the wood and saw his mother] Dante: Mother? Dante’s mother: yes son. What do you want from me? Lucifer: I have taken countless brides over the millennia. I cannot. (CLOSED CURTAINS) 7th circle – violence (OPEN CURTAINS) Dante’s mother: Dante … Dante: this is no forest. Virgil: yes. Come to me Dante was near a wood and suddenly break the wood. your spirit is pure. dante’s mother breaks from the wood that cover hers. But unlike them. dante. dante. Dante: Beatrice was all I had. Lucifer: yes. mother. sweet soul. such passion. slit my throat. You died of fever. Dante will free his mother… he draws the cross in front of his mother. Beatrice: I will never succumb to you. and so. only pain. but I was too weak to defy him. son. my friend! turn back! Dante’s mother: Come to me. the cross light up. and Helen of Troy. Dante’s mother: Dante…… Dante run to the voice Virgil: no. tear me to pieces. This is the wood of suicide. Salome. shoots up like a sapling. I… I took my… [dante is crying] you learned your father’s ways. they are those who did violence to themselves. How could I betray her? Dante’s mother: the pain you endure purifies you. Dante: no mother you don’t belong here. Dante’s mother: I despised you father’s cruelty. I’m going to free you. . Her it sprouts. You will be birthing my children for eternity. Dante: but how can this be? Virgil: when a soul takes its own life. (OPEN CURTAINS) (SE: HOrror) Beatrice: Stay away from me. and for that you shall suffer. Dante’s mother’s soul leaves and ascended to heaven. The prisoner tried to chase his wife but the guard hit him. You are the greatest fraud of all. It is here the damned did violence against God. Man: there is no escape for you. Beatrice: No………… (LIGHTS OFF) (CLOSED CURTAINS) (OPEN CURTAINS) Dante: it was all my fault Virgil: Now you know that you are the cause of Beatrice suffering and same as the others. I braved the circles of hell for you. It was all a lie. (RED LIGHT) Beatrice : When you had your way to that girl. all of it… our whole life. You’re not my wife! You bastard! I’ll kill you! His wife just looked at him and eventually followed Dante. You lied to me. you deceived me. Dante: we are still in the seventh circle? Virgil: yes. Prisoner: My ransom? No! you ashamed me. son. Dante: Beatrice don’t do this. . It’s all because of you. Dante walks back to virgil. The man killed Dante’s father and he chased Beatrice.” Dante screamed: NO!!! Beatrice hit dante Beatrice [devil]: this where you belong. you gave me to Lucifer. the abominable sands. listen to me. Dante: Beatrice. Dante is crying. Franceska already paid his ransom.Dante’s mother: my soul belongs to God now. (CLOSED CURTAINS) One night a man broke into Dante’s house. dante. (CLOSED CURTAINS) 8th circle – Fraud (SE: WATER FLOWING) Virgil: This is the union of the 3 great rivers of hell (OPEN CURTAINS) Flashback: in jail Dante: release that man. Beatrice [devil]: you never loved me. while Beatrice and his father were eating. I will make you pay for her sufferings. my friend. Dante: I never wanted any harm to come to you. I can’t be separated from her now. before I too freeze in this miserable hell. I am ready to take you home. There. Beatrice [devil]: Faced your sins? Look down. Dante: I brought it back to you. never. from the divine light of God. furthest place in all of creation. (OPEN CURTAINS) Lady in the ice: who are you to walk the paths of hell so warmly. I walked through the darkness. Beatrice and the angel ascended to heaven… Dante: wait. Look deep into the ninth circle… the circle of traitors. God speed my friend. I’ve come this far. and free yourself. I promise. (NORMAL LIGHT) Beatrice: dante. . Dante: but while I live. [he draws the cross in front of her] Beatrice devil: my cross. numb with bitter cold. I can absolve you. the ninth circle of the inferno. you have perhaps saved far more than just one innocent soul. All about me were forsaken. you must face the king of traitors. in the lowest part of the ninth circle… the circle of the traitors.treachery [traitors] Dante: I fell. not into the fire. where is Lucifer? Tell me. You have to face the true enemy. Dante: very well Lucifer. [he jumped down to the last circle] (CLOSED CURTAINS) (SE: Horror) 9th and Last circle . dante. Virgil: you cannot claim a place with her yet. Lucifer himself. It’s for you alone. Dante: Goodbye my love Virgil: this is the last trial. forgive me. Dante: I wanted nothing more than to see you and beg for forgiveness. Beatrice: we shall be united someday.Beatrice [devil]: you mean nothing to me. but into the vast. and tough you may not understand it now.I forgive you. o living man? Dante: damned soul. An angel came down from heaven… Virgil: you have done well. The very centre of hell. I’m coming for you. Treachery. frozen wasteland. accept again the love of God. dante. Beatrice devil: I will never forgive what you’ve done. frozen souls of deceivers and traitors. dante. He guards your only escape from the inferno. Dante: but I have faced my sins. Dante stab Lucifer in the shoulders. atilla. and none but the mightiest may cleave a path. speak without your forked tongue. Dante: I came only for Beatrice. It took a mortal to release me. it isn’t true! I defeated you before. Lucifer thinks he can block my way with this? He thinks he can stay my vengeance? (OPEN CURTAINS) (RED LIGHT) and (SE: Horror) Lucifer: welcome. such pride. But can you believe me? Can you believe a traitor? (CLOSED CURTAINS) Dante: long did I wander the dim and icy paths of hell. you are the greatest of all my minions. The path to purgatory lies through me. Your lies have no power over me. Such vanity. or I will end your miserable existence. but it was He who created evil. Lucifer: you will never see Beatrice again. Fight scene Lucifer: you worship God. His power wanes over the world. I have come to escaope this hell so that I may be reunited with my beloved. [he wipes the tears]the lord of hell dwells at the centre of this frozen lake. great dante. I will rend the very soul from your frozen body. If you knew the true nature of God. great beast. a God who is the true evil. Alexander. serpent! Lucifer: do you not? You freed me from my eternal torment. ephialtes and antaeus. Don’t you see? I was bound by God in this frozen pit. It was he who created me. Many have tried.you. Past the storms of ptolomea. I came to a passage blocked by the frozen links of a mighty chain. Dante: Lucifer. You will remain in this pit until creation’s last breath. you too would rebel. Past the frozen giants of legend… nimrod. do you hear? Dante: never! You are not invincible here. Victory is mine. Lucifer: destroy an angel of God? You arrogant gnat. only my shadow self allowed to roam free. You are just another demon. Lucifer: you cannot destroy me! [bleeds] what you have done to me? Dante: I have slain you. Dante: no. and I shall tell you. dante. lancelot… truly. after a seeming eternity. I am very impressed. but all have failed me. You are the warrior of a weak and dying God. It was you I wanted all along. {Something happened to Lucifer…} what’s this? NO. there his icy halls are well protected. dante. I was battered by a frigid wind that was like the beating of lucifer’s black wings. Lucifer: thank you. Show me the path from hell. Welcome to your final resting place. devil.Lady in the ice: wipe the icy tears from my eyes. Dante: Minion? I do not serve you. and. like any fallen. you can be destroyed. Lucifer: Beatrice? She was only bait. deep in the centre pit Judecca. Lucifer: indignant fool. Come let me devour your soul as I devoured judas Iscariot. Ulysses. dante. Dante: No! . Dante: silence. I could have slain you the moment you fell into the hell. the circle of traitors. but not before I rid the world with your corruption. Finally. neither damned nor saved. Dante: No. Dante removed the cross in his chest. [dante prayed] almighty God. Beatrice soul: my love. Behold. I did not die. mortal. All the souls in purgatory shall suffer and burn. End . Now forgive yourself. God will finally see me rule His creation. and it is all your doing. I will come to you yet. Dante: purgatory. (Normal Light) Dante sees the way to purgatory. Beyond the inferno lies purgatory. I forsake my escape. He made you in his image… and I was to bow down to you.. Dante: One can. But instead of you I shall escape from this pit. I cannot be the cause of this. where awaits your precious Beatrice. I did not live. Lucifer: NO!!! Lucifer once again froze. And arrive at the purgatory. I belong here. Lucifer: what are you doing? A repentant soul in judecca? Stop! Do not utter a word! Dante:[ while holding a lighted cross] but grant me the power to keep your enemy here with me. and accept my just damnation. God will forgive you. I command you. dante. (CLOSED CURTAINS) Dante escapes from hell. And beyond purgatory. dante. A talking animal. We were together neither. in hell nor in paradise. I have forgiven you. Dante: Beatrice. Dante: I fought across Earth and hell to find my beloved Beatrice. I will plunge the cosmos into chaos. forgive me for all of my wicked sins. I will reclaim my proper place in heaven. Finally.Lucifer: you are nothing to me. No one can stop me. [the cross in his chest also light up] stop. I give up even Beatrice. in hell. Lucifer: there is nothing you can do to stop me. paradise itself. Because of you. [continues fighting] I grow weary of this game.