Recommendation: Beowulf Live!

Many several moons ago, I saw Benjamin Bagby perform part of the Old English poem Beowulf and enjoyed every moment of it: he does great narration and fantastic characters (including an amusingly drunken Unferth -- I hadn't realized his confrontation with Beowulf could be that funny :-). I was disappointed that the show I attended didn't include a recitation of the dragon-fight and looked forward to the always rumored but never realized DVD that might include it. Well, that rumor has been realized at last. Hurrah! ( Read more... )