Performance

Venue	Swan Theatre
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	16th November 2005
Opened	8th December 2005
To	4th February 2006
When	Nov 16, 17, 18, 19, 28, 30, Dec 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 16, 20, 27, 30, Jan 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 20, 25, 27, 31, Feb 2, 3 at 19:30. Dec 8 Mat 13:00. Dec 1, 10, 14, 17, 21, 28, 31, Jan 4, 11, 14, 18, 21, 28, Feb 1, 4 Mats 13:30
Prices	From £10.00. To £34.00.
Swan Theatre (V136)
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Canterbury Tales - Tales 1

Work:: Canterbury Tales (S01350863546)

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

Production:: Tales 1 (T01380534360)

Part I consists of The Knight, The Miller and Other Tales. The pilgrims' journey begins with the pageantry and spectacle of The Knight's Tale as chivalrous rivals compete for their love's affections. Later love is of a different vein in the shap of the bawdy Miller's Tale, before the farmyard chaos of the Nun's Priest's Tale as the vain cockerel Chaunticleer is abducted by the wily col-fox.

Producer	Royal Shakespeare Company
Adapted by	Mike Poulton
Director	Gregory Doran
Director	Rebecca Gatward
Director	Jonathan Munby
Design	Michael Vale
Performer	Paola Dionisotti (Prioress)
Performer	Claire Benedict (Wife of Bath)
Performer	Michael Jibson
Performer	Nick Barber
Performer	Daon Broni
Performer	Dylan Charles
Performer	Lisa Ellis
Performer	Christopher Godwin
Performer	Michael Hadley
Performer	Anna Hewson
Performer	Edward Hughes
Performer	Michael Matius
Performer	Barry McCarthy
Performer	Chu Omabala
Performer	Ian Pirie
Performer	Joshua Richards
Performer	Christopher Saul
Performer	Katherine Tozer
Performer	Darren Tunstall

Listing:: L1607429539

Tales 1

Part I consists of The Knight, The Miller and Other Tales. The pilgrims' journey begins with the pageantry and spectacle of The Knight's Tale as chivalrous rivals compete for their love's affections. Later love is of a different vein in the shap of the bawdy Miller's Tale, before the farmyard chaos of the Nun's Priest's Tale as the vain cockerel Chaunticleer is abducted by the wily col-fox.

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Special Performances

21 Jan 06 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
28 Jan 06 Audio Described

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