Grettir Theatre-Play Trailer (English)
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The Comedytheatre in the Westfjords of Iceland will perform in English the powerful play Grettir every Wednesday this summer in Isafjordur. Shows will be in Edinborg Cultural Centre Isafjordur and starts at 20.00 every Wednesday. Tickets avalible at West Tours in Edinborg Isafjordur and also in the theatre on performance night. Ticket price is only 2.900. – ISK or 20 EUR.
Grettir is a theatreplay based on one of the most famous Icelandic sagas. The story of the famous Icelandic outlaw and trouble maker, Grettir Asmundarson, wich comes finaly on the stage as a strong and powerful solo play. Grettir, nicknamed the strong, was rebellious in his childhood, bell both in words and deed but fair of face. Great warrior on the field and so strong that he carried a big bull on his shoulders. He fell both bear and berserks and even a ghost. He was finally outlawed. Author and actor is Elfar Logi Hannesson.
Shows in june: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Shows in july: 6, 13, 20, 27
Every show starts at 20.00
Author/Actor: Elfar Logi Hannesson
Set: Marsibil G. Kristjánsdóttir
Music: Guðmundur Hjaltason
Director: Víkingur Kristjánsson
Video: Baldur Páll Hólmgeirsson
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Poster for Grettir theatreplay based on the Icelandic saga
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Billed as 'A theatreplay based on one of the most famous Icelandic sagas', written and produced by Elfar Logi Hannesson for Comedytheatre. Poster seen in the Westfjords.
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Poster of 1998 production of Wagner's Götterdämmerung
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Götterdämmerung ('Twilight of the Gods' - a mistranslation of Ragnarök) is the final Opera of Wagner's 'Ring Cycle' based on the Old Norse myth cycle. This poster is from a 1998 production by the Hungarian State Opera (Magyar Állami Operaház).
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Reading list for essay question on Joanne Harris and Norse sources
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Essay Question: What motivates Joanne Harris’s employment of Norse mythology in Runemarks, Runelight, and The Gospel of Loki?
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Vikings - Ragnar's funeral song (based on Hávamál)
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Ragnar Lothbrok's funeral song (Series 3, Episode 10 of History's 'Vikings'). Music written and performed by the contributor Einar Selvik, with the lyrics based on Hávamál.
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