This week’s installment of Prime Stage Mystery Theatre includes a conversation about the Old English language with scholar and actor Patrick Conner.
You can listen to an excerpt of our interview with Dr. Conner in Act IV of Mystery Theatre’s “The Ælf in the Wardrobe” by clicking here.
Since time did not allow us to include the entire conversation, we’re making more of it available here as an edited transcript complete with useful links and images–everything you need to converse with the titular ælf in this month’s mystery.
Patrick Conner earned a Ph.D. in Old English Literature from the University of Maryland, taught English and Chaucer at WVU, and has written and published extensively on Old English literature and … [read more at The 21st-Century Scop.]