The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Mike Poulton

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A landmark dramatisation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of one of the foundation stones of English literature.

This two-play adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales encompasses all 23 stories. All the famous characters are here – as well as many less well-known but equally full of life. Each of the stories has its own style – heroic verse for the Knight's Tale, vernacular rhymes for the Miller's Tale etc – echoing the many narrative voices employed by Chaucer himself.

Mike Poulton's adaptation of The Canterbury Tales was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in 2005.

  • ISBN10 185459883X
  • ISBN13 9781854598837
  • Publish Date 10 November 2005
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Nick Hern Books
  • Edition stage version
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 224
  • Language English