Performance

VenueSouthwark Playhouse Borough
Other spaces: The Large, The Little
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From28th June 2005
Opened29th June 2005
To10th July 2005
When19:15
PricesFrom £15.00. To £15.00.
What is currently on at Southwark Playhouse Borough (V226)

Canterbury Tales

Canterbury TalesT1215141450
Canterbury Tales is a bawdy classic written 700 years ago, it centres on a group of pilgrims who entertain one another with stories as they ride to Canterbury Cathedral. But despite the apparently holy purpose of their journey these travellers reveal themselves as sinners rather than saints. The pilgrims contrasting and colourful backgrounds offer many different stories, from the serious and moral to the farcical and bawdy, proving that like Shakespeare after him, Chaucer was 'not for an age but for all time' .
Author Chaucer


Archive :: production:T1215141450, play:S01350863546, venue:V226

Production details

Join local legend Harry Bailey, landlord of the Tabard Inn Southwark, and a motley collection of pilgrims as they wend their way through Kent en-route to Canterbury Cathedral. Along the way, each pilgrim is invited to compete in a story telling competition. The pilgrim with the best tale will win a slap up meal at the Tabard when the pilgrimage returns to Southwark. Join, amongst others, the lusty Wife of Bath, the prim Prioress, the flatulent Cook and the heroic Knight, as they tell their famous, irreverent, magical, bawdy tales along the route. Chaucer’s epic poem is brought to life in a vibrant modern adaptation that places the tales on the streets the pilgrims trod. Starting outside the George Inn on Borough High Street, Southwark Playhouse will take you along the actual Pilgrims Way, via the back streets, parks and famous sites of Borough, culminating outside Southwark Cathedral..

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  • 9 Jul 05 Sign Interpreted

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