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You’ll meet many of the pilgrims whose tales are most likely to be studied in high school (along with a few Thanksgiving pilgrims that ended up in the wrong play!), including the knight, the miller, the parson, the pardoner, the nun’s priest and the friar.
Nov 3, 2011 · A few bits and pieces about The Canterbury Tales characters can also be gleaned from the tales themselves. These tidbits can be garnered by direct and indirect characterization: what the characters say, how they act, and how others act toward them. The Canterbury Tales Prologue is an extremely important piece of literature.
STORY OF THE PLAY. Geoffrey Chaucer introduces us to a group of pilgrims staying at an inn south of London preparing for their journey to Canterbury the next day. He proposes that each of the pilgrims tells a story going to and from the shrine, but the group is so anxious to hear the stories they begin immediately.
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Chaucer’s classic collection of tales comes to life in the brilliant full-length adaptation, The Canterbury Tales by Lindsay Price. A group of travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage. To pass the time they entertain each other with a storytelling contest. Best story wins a prize.
The pilgrims are chosen so that every aspect of Medieval society is represented: the aristocracy, the trades, the clergy, and the laborers. The order in which the tales are presented is important to Chaucer; even this reflects his views about class structure in his society.
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Summary. Phil Woods has updated Chaucer to recreate for a modern audience the spectacle, humour and bawdiness of the fourteenth-century original. Set in the present the tales are told in the form of an annual "Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales-telling Competition", with the audience invited on stage between tales.
If you’re looking for a classical adaptation with great characters, lots of humour, and strong ensemble work, keep reading! In the lively, full-length adaptation, The Canterbury Tales by Lindsay Price, Chaucer’s classic collection of tales comes to life – in modern day English!
