C21: Centre for Research in Twenty-First Century Writings
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C21 Series: "Adapting Beowulf: Text, History and Dramatic Form"
Dr. Craig Jordan-Baker (Open University)
Wednesday 26 February, University of Brighton
In recent years, the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, has attracted much artistic attention in the form of several films Zemeckis (2007), Gunnarsson (2005) an opera Taylor (2006) and book adaptations, Stern (2013), Hinds (2007). This attention suggests not only the thematic and dramatic richness of the poem, but also indicates a wider desire by contemporary artists to investigate and maintain a relationship with canonical texts. This paper discusses how the adaptation of well-known source material in the context of a multi-disciplinary dramatic production provides a way of considering and re-evaluating the interrelationship between text, textual history and dramatic form. To do this, the author uses the example of his recent adaptation of Beowulf, produced by Barely Human Puppets, combining puppetry, poetry and music to re-tell and re-focus the tale for a modern audience.
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