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Things were all going swimmingly in Hrothgar's court, with much partying, drinking, leching and singing of bawdy songs, until the noise of this joy woke up poor Grendel -- played here by Crispin Glover in a life-sized but mouldy and half-melted plasticine suit modeled after Morph from 70s British TV show, Take Hart:
Archive 2007-11-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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Things were all going swimmingly in Hrothgar's court, with much partying, drinking, leching and singing of bawdy songs, until the noise of this joy woke up poor Grendel -- played here by Crispin Glover in a life-sized but mouldy and half-melted plasticine suit modeled after Morph from 70s British TV show, Take Hart:
I Am Beowulf! You're Going Daaaaahn! Hal Duncan 2007
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It is a tale about a great hero of the Geats know as Beowulf, who travels to Denmark, where the king, Hrothgar, is being attacked by a monster in the night known as Grendel.
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Maybe at one time it was Grendel when Hrothgar's hall was built and Beowulf came in and drove out this other being that lived at the bottom of the lake with his mother.
Mark Rylance on tattoos, critics and being crowned king of Broadway 2011
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After being greatly rewarded by Hrothgar, Beowulf and his army return to their homeland in the south of Sweden.
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Wood was plentiful in northern Europe and cheaper than stone, so houses, even those as grand as Hrothgar's, were built of timber and burned easily and often.
Early medieval architecture: a story of castles and churches 2011
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After being greatly rewarded by Hrothgar, Beowulf and his army return to their homeland in the south of Sweden.
“Beowulf: A New Verse Translation” by Seamus Heaney (Norton, 2000) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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At the heart of the Old English epic poem Beowulf is Heorot, the splendid mead hall built by King Hrothgar to celebrate his victories in war.
Early medieval architecture: a story of castles and churches 2011
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It is a tale about a great hero of the Geats know as Beowulf, who travels to Denmark, where the king, Hrothgar, is being attacked by a monster in the night known as Grendel.
“Beowulf: A New Verse Translation” by Seamus Heaney (Norton, 2000) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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Hrothgar commissions Beowulf to fight Grendel in terms that sound like God the Father sending his Son to defeat evil.
October Books 2) The Historian nwhyte 2008
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