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Revision as of 05:51, 17 January 2016
Canterbury Tales is a 1964 British musical, with the music written by Richard Hill [1] and John Hawkins, and the lyrics by Nevill Coghill [2]. It was originally presented at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964, conceived and directed by Martin Starkie [3] 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 [4])
Contents
The original text
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.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1970: Staged by the JODS in the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg
Sources
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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