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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
The performance was in July 2005 produced by [[DSN Productions]] in collaboration with the [[First Physical Theatre Company]] Skills Programme and the [[Standard Bank National Schools Festival]]. It was performed in the [[Guy Butler Theatre]] with the following cast: [[Anton Calitz]], [[Wesley Hayter]], [[Luks Hlungula]], [[Danielle Kellermann]], [[Masasa Mbangeni]], [[Darryl Nel]], [[Andrew Warneke]], [[David van Wyk]], and the [[First Physical Theatre Company]] Skills Programme dancers.
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The production was produced by [[DSN Productions]] in collaboration with the [[First Physical Theatre Company]] Skills Programme and the [[Standard Bank National Schools Festival]] in July 2005. It was performed in the [[Guy Butler Theatre]] with the following cast: [[Anton Calitz]], [[Wesley Hayter]], [[Luks Hlungula]], [[Danielle Kellermann]], [[Masasa Mbangeni]], [[Darryl Nel]], [[Andrew Warneke]], [[David van Wyk]], and the [[First Physical Theatre Company]] Skills Programme dancers.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
Standard Bank National Schools Festival programme, 2005
 
Standard Bank National Schools Festival programme, 2005

Revision as of 20:16, 27 July 2023

The Canterbury Tales (adaptation, 2005), a stage adaptation of a collection of Chaucer's stories from The Canterbury Tales by Darryl Nel. It is a contemporary trilingual production in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa, and also features music performed by the cast and a live band.

Translations and adaptations

This adaptation was commissioned by the Grahamstown Foundation for the National Schools Festival in 2005. The production featured four of Chaucer's Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Franklin's Tale, The Miller's Tale and The Pardoner's Tale.

Performance history in South Africa

The production was produced by DSN Productions in collaboration with the First Physical Theatre Company Skills Programme and the Standard Bank National Schools Festival in July 2005. It was performed in the Guy Butler Theatre with the following cast: Anton Calitz, Wesley Hayter, Luks Hlungula, Danielle Kellermann, Masasa Mbangeni, Darryl Nel, Andrew Warneke, David van Wyk, and the First Physical Theatre Company Skills Programme dancers.

Sources

Standard Bank National Schools Festival programme, 2005