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Some Canterbury Tales
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 7 any gender (adult)
Ken Pickering, Geoffrey Chaucer, Derek Hyde
Freely adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer by Ken Pickering / Music by Derek Hyde
Six of Chaucer's best known Canterbury Tales - the Knight's, the Wife of Bath's, the Pardoner's, the Franklin's, the Nun's Priest's and the Miller's - are here freely adapted for the stage.
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Cast Size
7 any gender (adult) -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Literature), Theatre for Young Audiences, Period -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Six of Chaucer's best known Canterbury Tales - the Knight's, the Wife of Bath's, the Pardoner's, the Franklin's, the Nun's Priest's and the Miller's - are here freely adapted for the stage. Original and adapted music to suit the period has been added. The style of the play is that of a spontaneous telling of a story by a group of strolling players, with all the Company taking various parts in enacting the different tales.
Keywords
- Time Period Medieval (6th-14th Century)
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Music
- Vocal DemandsEasy
- Orchestra Size Small/Combo
Licensing & Materials
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Authors
Ken Pickering
Geoffrey Chaucer