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"Lively, well acted, and well told...a great way to introduce an epic classic to students..." —Bloomsbury Review March/April 2007
A winged dragon, gilt bronze ornament from the Sutton Hoo shield©. The trustees of the British Museum. Beowulf: The Complete Story—a Drama
"...a stirring, accessible version of the oldest narrative poem in English literature." —Tampa Tribune
Beowulf: The Complete Story—A Drama on 3 CDs with 28-page booklet, is yours for just $29.95. Beowulf: The Complete Story—A Drama gives you a monster on each of its 3 CDs.
At the same time, though, it's a story about fellowship, art, and the arc of life from confident youth to reflective old age.
In Beowulf: The Complete Story—A Drama, you'll hear:
- The complete Dark Ages poem in a fluent new translation from the original Old English,
- Ancient Celtic Horns, unheard for more than a thousand years,
- Celtic songs performed by Navan,
- Irish harp,
- 11 different actors from the American Players Theatre and the Guthrie Theater,
- And, yes, those three bone-crunching monsters!
This is perhaps the first dramatization of the complete story. The translation from the Old English of a thousand years ago recreates in every word the cadance of the original spoken story.
Beowulf: The Complete Story—A Drama is a set of 3 CDs that will draw you into a world of monsters, dragons, fabulous treasures, combat, courage, and burgeoning Christianity—all with complete fidelity to the original manuscript from the Dark Ages. Comes with a 28-page booklet providing a story summary of each track.
BEOWULF: The Complete Story—A Drama
Beowulf is the oldest extant narrative in the English language. It's a story of seafarers, warriors, monsters, and a fire-breathing dragon!
Based on a powerful new translation from the Old English, this dramatization recreates the cadence of the original story while providing a rich flow of sound evocative of Scandinavia as it was 1500 years ago.
The monster fights jump out at you in bone-crunching detail.
This dramatization is a perfect way to get acquainted with the Dark Ages classic because the tracks of the CDs correspond with the section breaks of the original poem and the 28-page booklet provides plot summaries of each track, plus a geneological chart, an index to the characters, and an essay about the origins of the story.
"Beowulf: The Complete Story—A Drama" is as suitable for scholars as it is for sheer entertainment.
Beowulf ISBN 0-9715093-2-8
Just $29.95
for three enthralling hours!
Other ways to listen to Beowulf:
- Purchase from cdbaby.com (where you can also hear free audio previews).
- Download via iTunes
- Download from PayPlay.FM.
- Listen to the beginning of Beowulf: The Complete Story - A Drama (mp3, 442kb).
- Hear Dick Ringler's narration of Beowulf while viewing the text.