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Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage

Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage

Three academics romp their way through mead-soaked Scandinavia. Semi-opera noise ensues. Hwæt!

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Music

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Flawed heroes, sympathetic monsters and haughty professors collide as this hefty poem is rescued from the grasp of 1,000 years of highbrow analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous musical. Presented by San Francisco's infamous Shotgun Players and New York's infectious Banana Bag & Bodice, this SongPlay is an irreverent dissertation on art versus criticism in blood-soaked Scandinavia.

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Budget

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

9.5/10

Release Date

23 April 2020

Country

United States of America

Cast

Jason Craig

Jason Craig

Beowulf

Cameron Galloway

Cameron Galloway

Academic 3/Dragon

Anna Ishida

Anna Ishida

Warrior 1

Jessica Jelliffe

Jessica Jelliffe

Academic 1/Grendel's Mother

Christopher Kuckenbaker

Christopher Kuckenbaker

Academic 2/Grendel

Dave Malloy

Dave Malloy

King Hrothgar

Shaye Troha

Shaye Troha

Warrior 2

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