A Play in Ono Act by JOHN MASEFIELD
(From a Tale in the Laxdaelasaga)
Thord Goddi (a Farmer)
Thorolf (Cousin of Vigdis) Ingiald (a Lord)
Vigdis Goddi (Wife of Thord) Soldiers (Adherents of Ingiald)
Scene : Iceland
Incidental Music by THE GERSHOM PARKINGTON QUINTET
More than a thousand years ago Iceland was the home of the sagas, the classical folk-stories of the North peoples.
In the sagas, recited to a harp accompaniment at the feasts of these forefathers of ours, the race spirit of the Northmen found its principal artistic expression.
In his adaptation of one of those old stories, John Masefield , the poet and romantic writer, has preserved, besides the dramatic interest of the story, a great deal of its original quality.