DERBYSHIRE-BORN actor John Hurt is among the cast of The Divine Comedy on BBC Radio 4 - an adaptation of the epic poem written by Dante in the early 1300s.
The work, regarded as one of the greatest works of world literature, has been adapted - and sees Dante journeying through hell's inferno, up Mount Purgatory and into Paradise.
Mr Hurt, who is patron of Derby's Quad arts centre, said: "It is always enjoyable to do something that is perceptive and well-written - a very early piece of writing that is pre-Shakespeare."
The first of three episode airs on Sunday, March 30, at 3pm on BBC Radio 4.
