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2007: Beowulf: The Heart Off Guard Theatre Company produced a musical adaptation for children of the Beowulf story at the Edinburgh Fringe. Directed by Guy Jones with a score by Michael Betteridge. [39] 2007: Beowulf, a DVD release of a performance of Beowulf by Benjamin Bagby in the original Old English
Pages in category "Films based on Beowulf" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Andy Orchard, in A Critical Companion to Beowulf, lists 33 "representative" translations in his bibliography, [98] while the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies published Marijane Osborn's annotated list of over 300 translations and adaptations in 2003. [91] Beowulf has been translated many times in verse and in prose, and ...
Vincent Hammond portrayed Grendel in Graham Baker's film Beowulf (1999). Among the artistic liberties taken in this version set in a post-apocalyptic future, Grendel is depicted as an armored creature with jagged fangs and clawed hands and feet, and he's stated to be the son of Hrothgar and he is shown to be capable of rendering himself partially invisible in a Predator-like manner.
Late in the novel, Unferth is mocked publicly by Beowulf. In Gardner's adaptation of lines 580–607 of the epic, Beowulf responds to Unferth's verbal attacks by reminding all present that no one sings of Unferth's courage, and that Unferth is best known in the northern lands for having murdered his brothers.
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Beowulf: An Adaptation is a novel by Julian Glover published in 1987. Plot summary. Beowulf: An Adaptation is a novel in which the 8th century Beowulf is recreated in ...
Dæghrefn – a Frankish warrior killed by Beowulf. The Dragon – beast (Old English: wyrm) that ravages Beowulf's kingdom and which Beowulf must slay at the end of the poem. It is the cause of Beowulf's death. Eadgils – a Swedish king also mentioned extensively in the Norse sagas. Eanmund – a Swedish prince, and the brother of Eadgils.