A kingdom is assaulted by a monster and a hero sweeps in with his army to defend the realm. Not the premise of a new Netflix fantasy series. Instead, a plot synopsis of the Old English epic Beowulf.

BERKELEY — “Please turn off all phones, or risk the vengeance of Grendel’s claw.” So the audience was warned Tuesday at Zellerbach Playhouse, where Benjamin Bagby — medievalist, musician and ...

In his solo rendition of "Beowulf" on Wednesday at Ozawa Hall, Benjamin Bagby may be the only musician during the Tanglewood season who will perform an entire evening without any written music. It's ...

A hero fighting a dragon would seem a natural set piece in today’s world of cinematic superheroes who fly, shout and flex while battling various monsters. Why, then, does the Virginia Arts Festival’s ...

We’ll never know what a performance of “Beowulf” might have sounded like at the time the 3,182-line Anglo-Saxon epic poem was created. In fact, scholars are still debating over the date of “Beowulf,” ...

Reciting a tiny little poem is easy-peasy. Reciting an 8th century Anglo-saxon manuscript poem for an hour and a half is downright daunting! One man who can do this with ease is the great actor ...

“Beowulf,” the first great literary epic to come out of the British Isles, barely squeaked its way to us through time. Created between 650 and 850 A.D. and committed to manuscript circa 1000 A.D., it ...

It may be the summer’s ideal alternative to all those eardrum-exploding movie blockbusters, or your continuing struggle to hold Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon upright when your hands are freshly ...