oh! poor grendel

synopsis

Beowulf is a cad. Hrothgar is confused. Modthryth likes chocolate. While they're waiting for something better to do they kill the poor little monster Grendel.

All he really wanted was to be loved by his mum. And maybe have some soup.

characters

  • Narrator, very fond of good books
  • Beowulf, big and blustery
  • Hrothgar, modest and submissive
  • Modthryth, a lover- of chocolate, literature, and other things
  • Grendel, a young devout thing
  • Grendel's Mother, a very worried mother
  • A UPS Man, arriving with a pronouncement of doom

Note: With doubling, the cast can be reduced to four.

status

This play has received productions throughout the Northwest

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Oh! Poor Grendel