Beowulf (and the Bard)
By Vidas Barzdukas and Christopher R
Beowulf (and the Bard) is a play that needs 11 or more performers (1 women, 3 men, 7 any gender). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 11 or more performers
- Roles
- 1 women, 3 men, 7 any gender
- Cast notes
- 3m., 1w., 7 either gender.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Beowulf (and the Bard) is a fun, frenetic and freewheeling farce that updates the Old English poem about the warrior Beowulf, who must rescue the mead hall from a hideous ogre (and his even more hideous mother). Told through the eyes of the epic’s writer—a character known simply as “the bard”—the comedy’s events unfold much differently than the familiar story passed down through the ages. In reality, Beowulf is an out-of-shape prince hoping to fulfill the heroic code, while the bard is a despera
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