Little Delving
Beyond Here There Be Dragons
Things Medieval
Beowulf: The Epic in Performance
Jan 07, 2007 11:49 AM
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Music and Mayhem in The Big Apple: Grendel Lives!
Jul 17, 2006 08:58 PM
Opera Review
From a huge cast, one stands out
New operas don't often come in packages the size of Aida, but Grendel did on Tuesday at its Lincoln Center Festival opening. Huge numbers of choristers and dancers, plus a monumental revolving set and some of the best opera singers alive, told the Beowulf legend in images and music - from the viewpoint of the enemy, Grendel. Read More...
Grendel The Opera
Apr 14, 2006 10:18 AM
My
good friends all know that one of my favorite authors is
John Gardner.
His two collections of short stories The King's Indian and
The Art of Living are
books that I go back to again and again and again, and his little
known collections of fractured fairy tales (Gudgekin The Thistle Girl,
Dragon, Dragon,
and The King Of The Hummingbirds)
are both charming and somewhat disturbing! But of course he is best
known for Grendel, a
retelling of the Old English epic Beowulf from the perspective of
the monster destined to be killed. I'm also a medievalist at heart
and a former singer and theater veteran. So when I ran across this
posting I had a moment of heightened cosmic awareness, rarely have
so many of my divergent interests converged in one event.
I think this would be really
interesting to see on stage! Read
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I think this would be really
interesting to see on stage! Read
More...Beowulf - Coming Soon To A Theater Near You
Feb 09, 2006 08:08 PM
The Burial Draw The Story The Final Battle
Lo, there do I see my Father,
Lo, there do I see my Mother and my Sisters,
and my Brothers,
Lo, there do I see the line of my People back,
to the beginning.
Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them,
in the halls of Valhalla,
Where the Brave may live forever.
The 13th Warrior was a fun movie, but it was only loosely based on the Old English epic. Soon, however, there will be two new Beowulf movies coming out, Beowulf And Grendel, and Beowulf.
Medievalists the world over will be holding their collective breaths and hoping for the best!
Lo, there do I see my Father,
Lo, there do I see my Mother and my Sisters,
and my Brothers,
Lo, there do I see the line of my People back,
to the beginning.
Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them,
in the halls of Valhalla,
Where the Brave may live forever.
The 13th Warrior was a fun movie, but it was only loosely based on the Old English epic. Soon, however, there will be two new Beowulf movies coming out, Beowulf And Grendel, and Beowulf.
Medievalists the world over will be holding their collective breaths and hoping for the best!
More of Winter's Revels
Dec 25, 2005 04:07 PM
