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'''''Canterbury Tales''''' is a 1964 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]. 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])
 
  
== 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 [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], directed by [[Daniel Thorndike]], with [[Phillip Boucher]] (Host), [[Rigby Foster]] (Knight),
 
 
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