Roberto Benigni recites Dante’s Inferno from memory
The comedian has toured Italy with his one-man show TuttoDante (Everything about Dante), in which he recites the Divine Comedy and explains it for the general audience using current events and his personal history.
Watch it here. We don’t speak Italian, but what a wonderful idea.
The Lovers’ Whirlwind by William Blake, an illustration for Canto V of the Inferno. It’s bizarre and gorgeous. Blake: one of history’s sublime weirdos.
Michael V. could tour the Philippines reciting Noli me tangere! Bitoy, call us.