Difference between revisions of "The Canterbury Tales"
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'''''Among those performed in South Africa have been the following (for details of the play and its South African performances, click on the title to go to the particular entry).''''' | '''''Among those performed in South Africa have been the following (for details of the play and its South African performances, click on the title to go to the particular entry).''''' | ||
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A British musical, with the music written by Richard Hill [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hill_%28musician%29] and John Hawkins, and the lyrics by Nevill Coghill [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevill_Coghill]. | A British musical, with the music written by Richard Hill [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hill_%28musician%29] and John Hawkins, and the lyrics by Nevill Coghill [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevill_Coghill]. | ||
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| + | It was originally presented at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964, conceived and directed by Martin Starkie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Starkie] and written by Nevill Coghill and Martin Starkie. It was expanded into a full length musical and presented at the Phoenix Theatre, London on 21 March 1968 and ran for 2,080 performances. (''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Tales_%28musical%29]) | ||
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| + | The musical took five tales from Geoffrey Chaucer's ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' and told them with song and humour. These were: ''The Miller's Tale''; ''The Nun's Priest's Tale''; ''The Steward's Tale''; ''The Merchant's Tale''; and ''The Wife of Bath's Tale''. In addition, Chaucer's ''Prologue'' and ''Epilogue'' were spoken. | ||
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| + | 1970: Staged by the [[JODS]] in the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], directed by [[Daniel Thorndike]], with [[Phillip Boucher]] (Host), [[Rigby Foster]] (Knight), [[Ian Hamilton]] (Squire), [[Joey van Rooyen]] (Prioress), [[Sheila Ferguson]] (Nun), [[Hugh Rouse]] (Priest), [[David Chrichton]] (Cook), [[Ian Kemm]] (Friar), [[Marjorie Gordon]] (Wife of Bath), [[Kerry Jordan]] (Miller), [[George Korelin]] (Steward), [[Billy Boyle]] (Clerk of Oxford), [[Gabriel Bayman]] (Merchant), [[Louis Ife]] (Chaucer) and others. Musical direction by [[Thomas Erskine]] and choreography by [[Geoffrey Sutherland]]. | ||
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| + | =''The Canterbury Tales'' opera by Erik Chisholm= | ||
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= ''[[The Canterbury Tales (adaptation, 2005)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' = | = ''[[The Canterbury Tales (adaptation, 2005)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' = | ||
A trilingual South African musical adaptation by [[Darryl Nel]], performed in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa. | A trilingual South African musical adaptation by [[Darryl Nel]], performed in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa. | ||
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 22:32, 18 February 2024
The Canterbury Tales[1], is a collection of 24 stories that run to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343–1400) [2]
The stories have often been adapted for stage performance and have been the thematic source of a number of original plays.
Among those performed in South Africa have been the following (for details of the play and its South African performances, click on the title to go to the particular entry).
Contents
Canterbury Tales musical by Hill, Hawkins and Coghill
A British musical, with the music written by Richard Hill [3] and John Hawkins, and the lyrics by Nevill Coghill [4].
Original text
It was originally presented at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964, conceived and directed by Martin Starkie [5] and written by Nevill Coghill and Martin Starkie. It was expanded into a full length musical and presented at the Phoenix Theatre, London on 21 March 1968 and ran for 2,080 performances. (Wikipedia [6])
The musical took five tales from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and told them with song and humour. These were: The Miller's Tale; The Nun's Priest's Tale; The Steward's Tale; The Merchant's Tale; and The Wife of Bath's Tale. In addition, Chaucer's Prologue and Epilogue were spoken.
Performance history in South Africa
1970: Staged by the JODS in the Johannesburg Civic Theatre, directed by Daniel Thorndike, with Phillip Boucher (Host), Rigby Foster (Knight), Ian Hamilton (Squire), Joey van Rooyen (Prioress), Sheila Ferguson (Nun), Hugh Rouse (Priest), David Chrichton (Cook), Ian Kemm (Friar), Marjorie Gordon (Wife of Bath), Kerry Jordan (Miller), George Korelin (Steward), Billy Boyle (Clerk of Oxford), Gabriel Bayman (Merchant), Louis Ife (Chaucer) and others. Musical direction by Thomas Erskine and choreography by Geoffrey Sutherland.
The Canterbury Tales opera by Erik Chisholm
Original text
Performance history in South Africa
The Canterbury Tales
A trilingual South African musical adaptation by Darryl Nel, performed in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa.
Original text
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Tales_%28musical%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hill_%28musician%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevill_Coghill
JODS theatre programme, 1970.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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