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Gísli Súrsson. A play in three acts. Gísli Súrsson. A play also some poems. Author Beatrice Helen Barmby. Matthías Jochumsson an Icelandic.
In Norðurland 2. vol. 45.tbl. 1903 the following review of the play appeared.
This play is by an English girl, who
died in 1899, but when she wrote it, she was
almost thirty-five. She herself knew Icelandic, and became well-versed in Icelandic.
ancient teachings. When it is taken into account how
The young girl was, when she wrote the play, one can say that she succeeded.
surprisingly, but it cannot be seen that he is
no excellent work, and it is far from it,
he has come to terms with the greatest plays
playwrights who are currently alive, for example
Henrik Ibsen, as there are few who can
nothing to compare with him. There are and
undoubtedly an exaggeration, as stated in the introduction,
that rarely or never have works of art been
brought into a new artistic costume even as "Gísli",
because it is common knowledge that brilliant plays are cooked
out of brilliant novels, but if
This refers to our ancient stories, such as
I suspect, then you don't have to look far.
to find much more artwork
taken from Icelandic history, and I mean here
A poem by the translator of this play.
Again, few have improved at composing
plays based on Icelandic sagas, neither foreign nor domestic, and it is relevant,
that our ancient stories are so dramatic
(so well suited to the performing arts) in general, that it is difficult to improve. Ibsen has
never worked according to any Icelandic story,
and therefore does not come into consideration here,
but it is true that he has had support from Icelandic sagas in at least two of his plays. Since not
is very high on similar plays
and Gísli Súrson is, then we can say with
true, that he bears most or all
similar plays. Advantages of the visual play
are they, according to the character traits of men in
The story is well-told, and little is left out.
from her, although this is actually always the case
and permissible, if possible. It is still good
have taken Gisli's soul war out of Thorgrim's fortress, but that is the crux of the matter. To
disadvantages can be considered that in some places it is
Gísli, too long monologues, because that's not allowed.
takes place in quality plays, which energy
are currently. In another place is
Kill far too many kisses, because even though
It is mentioned widely in stories that people
have remembered each other, then a kiss and a kiss are so far from the way of thinking
Icelanders in ancient times, that little should be carried
on such a place as the ancient Icelanders are described.
Miss Barmby composed her play in verse, but Sir Maithias has changed it to
open-ended question. He keeps himself so close
the ancient language, as much as possible, and he has mostly succeeded in doing so, as his
was a hope and a sign, because now no one knows how to use the ancient language, even
Reverend Matthias. However, there are flaws in the book.
in a unique place, but they are more pronounced
in individual words but the vocabulary. I want
I would like to mention two words in particular, which I believe
completely incapable, and all the more so because poor-quality words and misinterpretations offend them
much more, as they occur in more elaborate
matter. Page 25 reads: He (Þorgrímur)
throws the spear instead; he is an animal
(dúír) the spear. To dúða means to cover,
especially polygamy, e.g. to indulge in
cold, and that meaning cannot come into play here at all, but to die means to shake, and
will be referring to it here. On the last page it says: And now you laugh more.
It is not mentioned what or what has been
was loading. No doubt it should read "laughs"
of laughing. Such harmful errors may
do not occur at all in Icelandic and
especially with Sir Matthias "the clever genius".
The poems are nice, but not outstanding.
The book is well-made from the printing press.
in her hand, but has nevertheless entered her
A serious printing error. Page 34 is missing a per-
the surname: Þorgrímur at the top of the page, and
can cause misunderstanding.
O. D.
In Norðurland 2. vol. 45.tbl. 1903 the following review of the play appeared.
This play is by an English girl, who
died in 1899, but when she wrote it, she was
almost thirty-five. She herself knew Icelandic, and became well-versed in Icelandic.
ancient teachings. When it is taken into account how
The young girl was, when she wrote the play, one can say that she succeeded.
surprisingly, but it cannot be seen that he is
no excellent work, and it is far from it,
he has come to terms with the greatest plays
playwrights who are currently alive, for example
Henrik Ibsen, as there are few who can
nothing to compare with him. There are and
undoubtedly an exaggeration, as stated in the introduction,
that rarely or never have works of art been
brought into a new artistic costume even as "Gísli",
because it is common knowledge that brilliant plays are cooked
out of brilliant novels, but if
This refers to our ancient stories, such as
I suspect, then you don't have to look far.
to find much more artwork
taken from Icelandic history, and I mean here
A poem by the translator of this play.
Again, few have improved at composing
plays based on Icelandic sagas, neither foreign nor domestic, and it is relevant,
that our ancient stories are so dramatic
(so well suited to the performing arts) in general, that it is difficult to improve. Ibsen has
never worked according to any Icelandic story,
and therefore does not come into consideration here,
but it is true that he has had support from Icelandic sagas in at least two of his plays. Since not
is very high on similar plays
and Gísli Súrson is, then we can say with
true, that he bears most or all
similar plays. Advantages of the visual play
are they, according to the character traits of men in
The story is well-told, and little is left out.
from her, although this is actually always the case
and permissible, if possible. It is still good
have taken Gisli's soul war out of Thorgrim's fortress, but that is the crux of the matter. To
disadvantages can be considered that in some places it is
Gísli, too long monologues, because that's not allowed.
takes place in quality plays, which energy
are currently. In another place is
Kill far too many kisses, because even though
It is mentioned widely in stories that people
have remembered each other, then a kiss and a kiss are so far from the way of thinking
Icelanders in ancient times, that little should be carried
on such a place as the ancient Icelanders are described.
Miss Barmby composed her play in verse, but Sir Maithias has changed it to
open-ended question. He keeps himself so close
the ancient language, as much as possible, and he has mostly succeeded in doing so, as his
was a hope and a sign, because now no one knows how to use the ancient language, even
Reverend Matthias. However, there are flaws in the book.
in a unique place, but they are more pronounced
in individual words but the vocabulary. I want
I would like to mention two words in particular, which I believe
completely incapable, and all the more so because poor-quality words and misinterpretations offend them
much more, as they occur in more elaborate
matter. Page 25 reads: He (Þorgrímur)
throws the spear instead; he is an animal
(dúír) the spear. To dúða means to cover,
especially polygamy, e.g. to indulge in
cold, and that meaning cannot come into play here at all, but to die means to shake, and
will be referring to it here. On the last page it says: And now you laugh more.
It is not mentioned what or what has been
was loading. No doubt it should read "laughs"
of laughing. Such harmful errors may
do not occur at all in Icelandic and
especially with Sir Matthias "the clever genius".
The poems are nice, but not outstanding.
The book is well-made from the printing press.
in her hand, but has nevertheless entered her
A serious printing error. Page 34 is missing a per-
the surname: Þorgrímur at the top of the page, and
can cause misunderstanding.
O. D.