HEIMSKRINGLA! OR THE STONED ANGELS – This was a pioneering presentation from WNET and first aired on November 6th, 1969.
Produced by Brice Howard, directed by Tom O’Horgan and performed by New York’s experimental La Mama Theater Troupe, this 90-minute work incorporated live action with the then-new visual arts approach of “Videospace” to retell some of the sagas from the old Norse history collection of the title.
Said Howard – “My version of Heimskringla! is that like an iceberg, it is one-eighth above the surface, seven-eighths below.”
A Nordic bard called a Skald narrated the creation of the world and the subsequent emergence of males and females. Continue reading
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