Canterbury Tales

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Event Canterbury Tales
Venue Mercury Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 4 November 1971
Last Date December 1971
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Adaptations of Chaucer's Reeve's, Miller's, Merchant's and Nun's Priest's Tales. The journey starts in the Tabard Inn, London, and ends in the Cathedral at Canterbury one spring towards the end of the fourteenth century. Based on a translation by Nevill Coghill.
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Musical
Adaptation
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Penelope Barrett Actor Daughter
Penelope Barrett Actor Attendant
Tony Blackett Actor John
Tony Blackett Actor Absalon
Tony Blackett Actor Clerk of Oxford
Sheila Bradley Actor Old Woman
Sheila Bradley Actor Wife of Bath
Edward Fardell Actor Farmhand
Edward Fardell Actor Attendant
Don Farr Actor Knight
Don Farr Actor King
Don Farr Actor Justinus
Lee Grant Actor Prioress
Lee Grant Actor Pertelote
Lee Grant Actor Queen
Lee Grant Actor Proserpina
Raymond Hawthorne Actor Geoffrey Chaucer
Raymond Hawthorne Actor Pluto
Val Lamond Actor May
Val Lamond Actor Convent Girl
Val Lamond Actor Alison
Val Lamond Actor Molly
Robert van Mackelenberg Actor Placebo
Robert van Mackelenberg Actor Friar
Robert van Mackelenberg Actor Hen
David McKenzie Actor Priest
David McKenzie Actor Young Knight
Walter Pym Actor Miller
Lewis Rowe Actor Host
Ross Skiffington Actor Cook
Ross Skiffington Actor Fox
Waric Slyfield Actor January
Waric Slyfield Actor Steward
Waric Slyfield Actor The Carpenter
Waric Slyfield Actor Chanticleer
Helen Smith Actor Attendant
Helen Smith Actor Daughter
Cliff Wallace Actor Page
Cliff Wallace Actor Hen
David Weatherley Actor Squire
David Weatherley Actor Alan
David Weatherley Actor Nicholas
David Weatherley Actor Damian
Catherine Wilkin Actor Hen
Catherine Wilkin Actor Attendant
Bevan Wilson Actor Merchant
Alma Woods Actor Old Widow
Alma Woods Actor Nun
Alma Woods Actor Miller's Wife
Alma Woods Actor Duenna
Bevan Wilson Assistant Producer
Basil Pattison Associate Director
John S Roberts Designer
Tony Richardson Director
Nevill Coghill Lyricist
Robert Alderton Musical Director
Emile Bibobi Musician
John Hawkins Musician
Richard Hill Musician
Ivan Hunter Musician
Reg Joslin Musician
Bruce McKinnon Musician
Kerry Smith Musician
Graham Sparkes Stage Manager
Nevill Coghill Writer Book
Martin Starkie Writer Book
Text Nationality England
Further Information 36 performances. Play first produced at the Phoenix Theatre, London, 21 March 1968.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 187426