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Hygd
Queen Hygd, introduced in line 1925 of the poem "Beowulf", is the wife of King Hygelac of Geatland. She is the daughter of Hæreth.
After Beowulf defeats Grendel and Grendel's mother, he and his men returned to their native country, where they are received by Hygelac and Hygd. Hygd is beautiful, wise, courteous, and attentive. She pours mead in the drinking horns of the warriors thus fulfilling (in the same vein as Wealhþeow, the queen of Denmark) the important role
work Theatre.
- "If" (1921) by Lord Dunsany – Mary Beal
- "King Lear's Wife" (1921) by Gordon Bottomley – Hygd
- "Amphitryon; or, The Two Socia's" (1922) by John Dryden – Phaedra
- "Loyalties" (1922) by John Galsworthy – Margaret Orme
- "The Maid's Tragedy" (1925) by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher – Dula
- "Rain" (1925) by John Colton and Clemence Randolph (