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Ninth Annual Reading of
DANTE'S INFERNO
at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Hosted by MOLLY PEACOCK
Poet-in-Residence at Poets' Corner
Peacock will welcome the new Dean, the VERY REV. DR. JAMES KOWALSKI.
Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2002
9 PM to midnight
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Poets' Corner Bay
Amsterdam Avenue @ 112th Street
New York, NY
Our reading this year will have special meaning in view of St. John the
Divine's own "inferno" last December.
CANTO
I Dean Kowalski / Barbara Feldon 9:00 PM
II Honor Moore / Hal Sirowitz 9:10
III Molly Peacock / Michael Groden 9:20
IV Daniel & David Simpson 9:30
V Cornelius Eady / Cynthia Zarin 9:40
VI Jean Hollander / Robert Hollander 9:50
VII Margaret Ryan / Joanne Joseph 10:00
X Scott Failla / Patrizia Palumbo 10:10
XIII Claudia Rankine / Dolores Mitchell 10:20
XV William Singer / Wendy Claire Barrie 10:30
XIX Phillis Levin / John Simko 10:40
XXIV Charles Martin / Johanna Keller 10:50
XXVI Diana Cook / Donna Masini 11:00
XXVII George Dickerson / Karen Nelson 11:10
XXX Star Black / Ellen Greenfield 11:20
XXXII Connie Roberts / Kate Light 11:30
XXXIII Michael Palma 11:40
XXXIV Estelle Parsons / Patti Lupone 11:50
Standby Readers: Michael Groden, Carolyn Hill
There will be an organ recital by the Cathedral organist, Dorothy
Papadakos, afterwards.
Before the Dante reading: The Maundy Thursday Vespers.
The Maundy Thursday service begins at 7pm in the Cathedral and
you are very welcome to attend as well.
Cantos One through Seven establish the poem's premise, describe the first
four of the six upper levels and provide some of the most familiar episodes,
especially that of Paolo and Francesca; Canto Ten, principally for the
encounter with Farinata; Canto Thirteen, the wood of the suicides, and Canto
Fifteen, Brunetto Latini (these two will effectively represent the seventh
level, and are among the most poignant episodes); Canto Nineteen, the eighth
level: the wicked Popes (clerical corruption is a very important issue to
Dante); Canto Twenty-four: the thieves; Canto Twenty-six, the eighth level:
thieves and false counselors, especially for Ulysses' monologue; Canto Twenty
- seven Friar Guido; and Cantos Thirty-two through Thirty-four, the ninth
level: traitors, including Ugolino , and Judas, Brutus, and Cassius in the
mouth of Satan; conclusion of the poem.
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