A selection of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales adapted for the stage by Mike Poulton with original music by Paul Grimwood and Andrew Cunningham and additional lyrics by Gill Daly are to be performed by The Dulwich Players in the gardens of Bell House.
On an April morning ‘well nine and twenty’ pilgrims gathered at the Tabard Inn to set off to Canterbury. Along the way it is suggested that each Pilgrim tells two tales on the way there and two on the way back. However, in the event the Pilgrims never reach Canterbury and only 23 tales are recorded for posterity – the short time we have permits us to only retell five of these tales from Mike Poulton’s adaptation for the Royal Shakespeare Company, but we hope that our choices – which range from the heroic (The Knight’s Tale) to the bawdy (The Miller’s Tale) – mirror as best we can the many narrative voices employed by Chaucer.
The Canterbury Tales is an Amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. Recommended age 8+
Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich, SE21 7BG
Saturday 9th July at 2pm and 5pm
Sunday 10th July at 2pm and 5pm
Saturday 16th July at 2pm and 5pm
Sunday 17th July at 2pm and 5pm
Tickets available: £12 and £8 (18 years and under): available from http://dulwichplayers.ticketsource.co.uk
General Enquiries: boxoffice@dulwichplayers.org – 07936531356
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