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== Sources ==
 
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''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Tales_%28musical%29]
  
 
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[[JODS]] theatre programme, 1970.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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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])

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),

Sources

Wikipedia [5]

JODS theatre programme, 1970.

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