Additional: Adaptations of Sir Gawain

Videos

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (BBC documentary)

"Poet Simon Armitage goes on the trail of one of the jewels in the crown of British poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written about 600 years ago by an unknown author. The poem has got just about everything - it is an action-packed adventure, a ghost story, a steamy romance, a morality tale and the world's first eco-poem.

Armitage follows in the footsteps of the poem's hero, Gawain, through some of Britain's most beautiful and mystical landscapes and reveals why an absurd tale of a knight beheading a green giant is as relevant and compelling today as when it was written.

This programme is part of Norman Season on BBC Two and BBC Four, a collection of programmes highlighting the effect that the Normans have had on our civilization."

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Introduction read in Middle English

Just to give you guys an idea of how this 14th-century poem sounded when read in Middle English. 

The Green Knight teaser trailer (by kidBrotherPictures)

"An adaptation of the 14th century poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Green Knight is an indie retelling of the Arthurian tale."

Film

The poem has been adapted into film twice, both by the same director, Stephen Weeks. They have been criticized for failing to stick to the plot.

• 1973: Gawain and the Green Knight
• 1984: Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Theatre

• 1971: The Tyneside Theatre company presented a stage version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight at the University Theatre in Newcastle. Directed by Michael Bogdanov; adapted for the stage from the translation by Brian Stone.
• 1992: Simon Corble wrote a stage version with medieval songs and music for The Midsommer Actors' Company.

Opera

1978: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was first adapted as an opera by composer Richard Blackford on commission from the village of Blewbury, Oxfordshire.
1991: Opera adaptation called Gawain by Harrison Birtwistle first performed.

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