Title
Files
Playwright
Geoffrey Chaucer
Performance Dates
May 16-19, 1973
Creative Team
Director.....................................Richard Nichols
Musical Director........................Lyle Barkhymer
Choreography...........................Joanne Van Sant
Designer-Technical Director......Fred Thayer
Choral Director..........................William Wyman
Costume Designer - Petie Dodrill
Synopsis
Canterbury Tales is a musical originally presented at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964, conceived and directed by Martin Starkie and written by Nevill Coghill and Martin Starkie. There are two versions of this musical (Canterbury Tales and More Canterbury Tales), each making up about half the story.
The musical took five tales from the Canterbury Tales and told them with song and humour. These were; The Miller's Tale; The Nun's Priest's Tale; The Steward's Tale; The Merchant's Tale; and The Wife of Bath's Tale. In addition, Chaucer's Prologue and Epilogue were spoken. The purpose behind these stories was that Harry Bailey, one of the main characters, declares that each pilgrim should tell a tale on the way to Canterbury so that the ride would be more enjoyable.
Canterbury Tales (musical). (2017, August 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:51, August 31, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canterbury_Tales_(musical)&oldid=797995920
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theater, Drama, Dance
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "Canterbury Tales" (1973). 1972-1973 Season. 1.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1972-1973/1