It depicts a swamp monster, Grendel, terrorizing a kingdom until Beowulf, a prince of The Geats, comes to the rescue. The musical adaptation, created by Jason Craig and Dave Malloy, translated the ...

In the tale’s third act, Beowulf has returned home after slaying Grendel and Grendel’s mother to become the king of the Geats. 50 years later, a slave sneaks into the wyrm’s cave and steals a ...