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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.



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'Rumbustious and passionate... this is quite simply a glorious compendium of stories and poetry'

* Daily Mail *

'Scintillating... Poulton's admirable version... what takes one's breath away is the range of styles and emotions on display'

* Guardian *

'Mike Poulton's superb adaptation is both faithful and accessible, comfortably inhabiting the middle ground between Middle English and the modern vernacular'

* The Times *

The Canterbury Tales

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    A Paperback / softback by Geoffrey Chaucer, Mike Poulton

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      Publisher Nick Hern Books
      Published 10 November 2005
      ISBN-13 9781854598837
      978-1854598837
      ISBN-10 185459883X
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      Books by Geoffrey Chaucer

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Trade Review

      'Rumbustious and passionate... this is quite simply a glorious compendium of stories and poetry'

      * Daily Mail *

      'Scintillating... Poulton's admirable version... what takes one's breath away is the range of styles and emotions on display'

      * Guardian *

      'Mike Poulton's superb adaptation is both faithful and accessible, comfortably inhabiting the middle ground between Middle English and the modern vernacular'

      * The Times *

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