Beowulf: The Complete Story--A Drama

by Dick Ringler

  1. Scyld Scefing
  2. Hrothgar and th Danes--Grendel
  3. Grendel's Persecution of the Danes
  4. Beowulf Sails to Denmark
  5. Beowulf and the Coastguard
  6. Beowulf and Hrothgar's Sentry
  7. Beowulf and Hrothgar
  8. Beowulf and Hrothgar--Continued
  9. Unferth's Version of Beoweulf's Swimming Feat
  10. Beowulf'f Version of the Feat and Hrothgar's Reaction
  11. Beowulf and His Men Wait for Grendel in the Hall
  12. Beowulf and Grendel Fight
  13. Beowulf's Victory
  14. The Danes Celebrate Grendel's Defeat
  15. Hrothgar Thanks Beowulf
  16. Hrothgar Rewards Grendel
  17. Entertainment at the Feast: The Tale of Finn and Hnaef
  18. The Tale of Finn and Hnaef--Conclusion
  19. Wealhtheow's Gifts to Beowulf
  20. The Attack By Grendel's Mother
  21. Hrothgar's Despair
  22. The Journey to the Monsters' Lair
  23. Beowulf Fights Grendel's Mother
  24. The Return to Heorot
  25. Hrothgar and Beowulf Talk
  26. Hrothgar Counsels Beowulf
  27. Beowulf and Hrothgar Say Goodbye
  28. Beowulf Goes Home
  29. Beowulf Reports to His King
  30. Beowulf's Report Concluded
  31. Beowulf's Reward--The Coming of the Dragon
  32. The Dragon's Revenge
  33. Beowulf Prepares to Fight the Dragon
  34. Beowulf Arrives at the Dragon's Mound
  35. Beowulf Fights the Dragon
  36. Beowulf is Mortally Wounded
  37. Beowulf and Wiglaf Kill the Dragon
  38. Beowulf's Death
  39. Wiglaf Rebukes Beowulf's Cowardly Retainers
  40. Prophecy of Future Warfare between the Geats and Their Enemies
  41. The Background of Swedish Hostility
  42. The Dragon's Hoard is Plundered
  43. Beowulf's Funeral

Dick Ringler, translator and narrator of "Beowulf: The Complete Story--A Drama" is a professor of English and Scandinavian Studies at the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison and the co-editor an Old English grammar. Norman Gilliland is a producer at Wisconsin Public Radio and the author of two books--"Grace Notes for a Year" and "Sand Mansions." Both live in Madison.

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