Six Centuries of Verse

Season 1 • Episode 2: Old English • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 2: Old English

May 9, 1984 • 400 min

A look at the poetry composed between the mid-seventh century and the Norman Conquest, including Julian Glover's reading of part of his own adaptation of the heroic epic Beowulf.

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