Sword and crozier, drama in five acts

The scene is laid in the district of Skagafirth, in the North of Iceland. The action takes place during the winter previous to the battle of Hunafloi, 1244 A.D.

_Thorolf_.--His blood would have spurted on the cross, had it been held so near. (_Wrathfully_.) And likewise would I do to you, Einar the Rich, if Kolbein struck off your head....

_Helga_.--Then is he surely sick! (_Vehemently_.) My husband must not be sick; he will have to speak with his kinsmen, when they come. Give him strong drugs that he may have str...

(_A cave by_ KOLBEIN's _stream. The stage represents a small vale with the cave in the background. The cave is large and deep, opening in the direction of the spectator. Water h...

(_The Cathedral at Holar. High altar in the center, and over it Christ on the Cross, an image of white alabaster, with bloody hands and feet and side, life-size. To either side,...

_Jorun_.--Are you finding fault with my husband and me because we observe the 'Peace of God'? I might easily let the women fetch so many of my servants as would be needed to tak...

(_The 'Great Hall' at Flugumyr, with raised seats along both walls and a dais at the gable end. The entrance door is at the right, in the side wall towards_ _the background. The...

Young, lies sick unto death from the after-effects of an old wound and sends for his kinsmen and other nobles of the Quarter. While delivering his message to them, Thorolf, his...

Brand being bound, as he thinks, by his oath, and incapable of strongly opposing their intention to kill Thorolf. By chance, and in fulfillment of a prophecy, Thorolf seeks refu...

before Broddi's superior forces, but not without audaciously carrying along the bishop, who in his fear and rage has the Treuga Dei rung over the land. This frustrates the immed...

wife, Jorun. Childless herself, she desires to foster up one of Jorun's sons in her own cruel way, promising, in return, to procure an honorable peace for Brand; or else, to des...

Kolbein. In vain they seek conciliation at any price with the chieftain, who is enraged by the slaying of his friend Thorolf, and infuriated beyond measure by the speeches of hi...