ABOUT:
“If worship even of a star had some meaning in it, how much more might that of a Hero! Worship of a Hero is transcendent admiration of a Great Man. I say great men are still admirable; I say there is, at bottom, nothing else admirable!”
So frothed Thomas Carlyle; but do the heroes we love earn the love we give? That is the central question of Barzdukas and Bartlett’s Beowulf (and the Bard), the world premiere tongue-in-cheek comedy. This new play is a funny, satiric, family-friendly take on the oldest English epic of all, Beowulf.
CAST:
BEOWULF (M): A Geat and wannabee hero.
BARD (E): Beowulf’s companion and a singer of songs.
GUNBORG (F): a warrior princess.
HROTHGAR (M): a King of the Danes.
UNFERTH (M): a Danish lord and village dandy.
AESCHERE (E): King Hrothgar’s trusted advisor.
GRENDEL (E): a mean ogre.*
GRENDEL’S MOTHER (E): a mean ogre’s mom.*
PATRON 1/VILLAGER 1 (E)*
PATRON 2/VILLAGER 2 (E)*
PATRON 3/VILLAGER 3 (E)*
