Chaucer’s 20 surviving tales are lusty stories supposedly told by pilgrims whiling away the miles as they trek to the shrine of Thomas a’Becket in Canterbury cathedral. They’re the fist true poems in English, and these days collaborators flock to give Chaucer a helping hand in climbing the footlights.
So at the Young Vic an actor robed as the local vicar shakes hands with arriving patrons, welcoming them to the annual Geoffrey Chaucer storytelling competition.
The contest is held on the tented vicarage lawn. The vicar turns host and introduces the ‘finalists’, who step forward one by one and tell their chosen tales. Ladies of the parish serve mulled wine and mince pies to the audience between stories.
Each of the five selected tales, acted by a versatile cast of seven, bears the mark of inventive direction. The Knight’s tale is acted almost in slow motion to convey the haunting flavour of courtly romantic love.
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