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Canterbury Tales


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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

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  • 29 Apr 10 Sign Interpreted

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Adapted by Mike Poulton
Company Northern Broadsides (in partnership with the New Vic Theatre)
Director Conrad Nelson
Design Lis Evans
Lighting Richard G Jones
Sound James Earls-Davis
Musical Director Bex Hughes
Performer Ishia Bennison (Wife of Bath)
Performer Emily Butterfield (Nun)
Performer Matt Connor (Squire)
Performer Phil Corbitt (Host)
Performer Laura Cox (Prioress)
Performer Andy Cryer (Chaucer)
Performer Michael Hugo (Cook)
Performer Rosie Jenkins (Nun)
Performer Guy Lewis (Clerk of Oxenford)
Performer Alan McMahon (Monk)
Performer David Newman (Tavern Boy)
Performer Rob Pickavance (Reeve)
Performer Matthew Rixon (Miller)
Performer Neil Salvage (Knight)
Performer Richard Standing (Yeoman)
Performer Andrew Whitehead (Pardoner)
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