Beowulf is a british epic fantasy drama television series from itv. Shot for the most part far from prying eyes, itvs beowulf will soon be on our screens. Elliott cowan, ellora torchia, gisli orn gardarsson, susan aderin. Return to the shieldlands wikipedia republished wiki 2. Ellora torchia is an actress, known for the split 2018, premieres vacances 2018 and indian summers 2015. Beowulf survives in a single manuscript dated on palaeographical grounds to the late 10th or early 11th century.
I felt a little selfconscious as the lights went down, a harpist. Over the last year and a half we read some of narnia, most of roald dahl, a series of unfortunate events, and others. Walker directed by jon east julian holmes marek losey stephen woolfenden kerric macdonald starring holly earl david ajala kieran bew lee boardman david bradley lolita chakrabarti elliot cowan laura donnelly gisli orn gar. Return to the shieldlands opening title genre fantasy drama adventure based on beowulf by anonymous written by james dormer michael a. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who saves the speardanes from the terrible monster grendel and his venomous mother. Composed towards the end of the first millennium, the anglosaxon poem beowulf is one of the great northern epics and a classic of european literature. William hurt, joanne whalley to star in itvs beowulf variety. Joining aisling loftus and matthew needham in the treatment will be gary beadle, ian gelder, ben onwukwe, julian ovenden, ellora torchia, indira varma, and hara yannas. Beowulf, a hero of the geats, comes to the aid of hrothgar, the king of the danes, whose mead hall in heorot has been under attack by a monster known as grendel.
Return to the shieldlands is on tv, including series 1episode 10. Elloras cave, publisher of erotica, was for a long time a great success story of the electronic publishing age. Unknown beowulf is a long narrative poem composed in old english some time in between the 8th and 11th century ad. This edition of beowulf makes the poem more accessible than ever before. William hurt, joanne whalley to star in itvs beowulf. After his death, his attendants bury him in a tumulus, a burial. Return to the shieldlands is a series about courage, greed, betrayal, revenge, loyalty, power, man versus wilderness and, of course, love. Ellora torchias theatre credits include out of joints production of macbeth, directed by max staffordclark. Scanlan as skellen richard brake as arak jack smith as red joe sims ace bhatti.
After a period of fifty years has passed, beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle. I worked on several things, i moved all our books out into the living room from our bedrooms, their books and my books are all in one spot on a big shelf. After years away fighting as a mercenary beowulf returns to find that hrothgar is dead, having names his wife rheda as his successor and she and her son slean have long resented beowulf. Beowulf makes a great speech about bravery, citing that god will look after him in his deed, and leaps into the lake wearing armor and carrying a great sword. Vishka ellora torchia works as a blacksmith in herot with her widowed mother lila, her father having died six years ago. The classic story of beowulf, hero and dragonslayer, appears here in a new translation accompanied by genealogical charts, historical summaries, and a glossary of proper names. Beowulf also stars ian pulestondavies, lolita chakrabarti, elliott cowan, ellora torchia, gisli orn gardarsson, susan aderin, kirsty oswald, laura donnelly, edward hogg, alex. Gary beadle, ian gelder, ben onwukwe, and more complete the. Beowulf bawoolf, oldest english epic, probably composed in the early 8th cent. Ellora torchia as vishka joanne whalley as rheda david ajala as rate george kent as yung slean. Featuring an ensemble cast of fascinating characters, this epic drama follows beowulf as he strives to be a man as well as a hero whilst defending those he loves from an increasingly hostile world. That didnt happen, but this season the first and last is worth seeing for the timeless themes and the stellar cast. David ajala, ellora torchia, gisli orn gardarsson and laura donnelly.
The poem is known only from a single manuscript, which is estimated to date from around 9751025, in which it appears with other works. The only surviving manuscript that contains the poem is preserved in the british library and it too was badly damaged by fire in 1731. Business business, international news, opinion and commentary. Drawn to rebellion, and constantly seeking adventure, she causes her mother no end of worry and, without a father, her mother carries. Founded in 2000, they published stories and novels that contained material that was more explicit than mainstream romance publishers would touch. A critical companion to beowulf by andy orchard, 2003. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film.
Young orphan beowulf is adopted by hrothgar, thane of the huskatil tribe in herot. Beowulf is a british epic fantasy drama television series broadcast by itv. Since taking her first uncertain steps into a university of manitoba sketch class eight years ago, marley rae mcduff has been inviting people to look. Blow to our film and tv industry as itvs beowulf gets the. I also went back to reading to both my kids at night. List of books and articles about beowulf online research. In his new translation, seamus heaney has produced a work which is both true, line by line, to the original poem, and an expression, in its language and music, of something fundamental to his own creative gift. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Return to the shieldlands tv series 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Dormer wrote the series based on the poem beowulf and executive produced along with haines and newman, while stephen smallwood produced the series. There were hopes that would be british televisions game of thrones. It is one of the most important works of old english literature. The name beowulf lingers in our collective memory, although today fewer people have heard the tale of the germanic heros fight with grendel, the dreadful monster of the mere, as recounted in this anglosaxon epic.
London william hurt, joanne whalley and kieran bew have been cast in itvs part drama series beowulf. Ian pulestondavies, ellora torchia, gisli orn gardarsson susan aderin, kirsty oswald, laura donnelly, edward hogg. After an initial introduction to the poem, attention is focused on such matters as the manuscript context and approaches to dating the poem, before a lengthy discussion of the particular. Aug 19, 2015 beowulf also stars ian pulestondavies, lolita chakrabarti, elliott cowan, ellora torchia, gisli orn gardarsson, susan aderin, kirsty oswald, laura donnelly, edward hogg, alex price, jack rowan. Can i suggest lolita chakrabarti and ellora torchia to be added to the fancast masterpost. Because there was no ebook in the late 1990s, engler would create pdfs and email them to reader who sent her money via paypal. Beowulf returns to his homeland of herot in the shieldlands to pay his respects to deceased king hrothgar william hurt.
Rush hour, beowulf, limitless, and other tv productions have made recent tv show casting, tv movie casting, and tv directing news. Sassy and opinionated, vishka is herots most skilled blacksmith but she would much rather wield a sword than forge one. Victorious, beowulf goes home to geatland in sweden and later becomes king of the geats. Beowulf swims down through the lake for many hours, finally coming upon grendels mother. Beowulf is an old english epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. All elloras cave books all themes all lines im trying to develop a catalog for everyone to use.
Ellora torchia as vishka joanne whalley as rheda david ajala as rate george kent as yung slean emmett j. Sep 14, 2014 elloras cave was established in 2000 as an outlet for tina engler to publish books with heavy sexy content that were romantic in nature. Kieran bew as beowulf lee boardman as hane david bradley as gorrik lolita chakrabarti as lila. It is a solid setup with obvious dramatic potential, but premises dont always come. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
Beowulf travels with his men to the evil fiery lake where grendels mother lives. Itvs beowulf adds cast from the strain, broadchurch. After beowulf slays him, grendels mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Beware the sandwyrm beowulf esquire network youtube. Long a mainstay of english literature 101 courses at universities around the world, it is not only one of the oldest, but one of the most exciting english folktales ever invented. David harewood lands guest role on itvs beowulf tvwise. The date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars. Hes a young warrior who ends up standing by beowulf, and that kind of inspired a character called vishka played by ellora torchia, whos a young girl blacksmith, and she desperately wants. Abbey, david ajala black box, ian pulestondavies coronation street and ellora torchia indian summers.
Ian pulestondavies, ellora torchia, gisli orn gardarsson, susan aderin, kirsty. Cocreator katie newman on beowulf exclusive interview. Ad by two scribes and preserved in the british library in the collection of sir robert cotton. Ellora torchia, gisli orn gardarsson, susan aderin, kirsty oswald, laura.
Return to the shieldlands is game of thrones for the squeamish. Beowulf is a british epic fantasy drama television series from itv, consisting of 12 episodes and created by james dormer, tim haines, and katie newman. Beowulf didnt have the fx budget or the acting that got has. Appearances episode 1, episode 2, episode 4, episode 5, episode 6, episode 7, episode 8, episode 9, episode 10, episode 11, episode 12. Return to the shieldlands itv press conference took place at the soho hotel in london on 16 november 2015, following a screening. Itvs part reimagining of epic poem beowulf is currently shooting in. Its an obvious game of thrones rip off, but i think i honestly liked it better. Unwieldly title aside, this epic new series works well as a piece of familyfriendly fantasy. Mar 12, 2015 kieran bew da vincis demons has been cast to play the lead role of beowulf in itvs epic reimagining of the iconic old english poem following the exploits of the titular warrior as he.
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