Canterbury Tales
The title can refer to an of a number of stage adaptations, based on the original publication known as The Canterbury Tales[1], a collection of 24 stories that run to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343–1400) [2]
Listed below are those adaptations of the work that have been performed in South Africa under this particular title, as well as works based on the individual stories.
Contents
Canterbury Tales
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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