It might not seem like it, but making “Beowulf” into a movie is a daunting task. When taken from its Old English, “Beowulf” takes the literal translation, story that ought not to be adapted for screen ...

The only extant manuscript of Beowulf, the oldest English verse poem, is on display at the British Library, but few scholars can examine the text firsthand. Electronic Beowulf, a recently released ...

Syfy’s newest project stems from one of the oldest pieces of literature available, Beowulf. The development project, from Universal Cable Productions, is an adaptation of the classic epic poem that ...

Actors’ Theatre of Columbus marks a promising expansion beyond its outdoor summer plays with a laid-back and casually amusing take on an epic tale. “Beowulf (and the Bard),” which launched the company ...

Afew weeks ago, during a visit to the doctor, I laughed out loud when the online check-in portal suggested Old English as my language preference, and not only because I happened to have with me Maria ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Beowulf, the epic poem set in Scandinavia, is arguably one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon ...