The Canterbury Tales: Love and Marriage Contributor(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey (Author), Prochaska, Reiner (Adapted by) |
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ISBN: 088145771X ISBN-13: 9780881457711 Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Drama | Ancient & Classical |
Physical Information: 0.18" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.24 lbs) 86 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales explores the bawdy humor of The Miller's Tale, The Merchant's Tale, The Nun's Priest's Tale, and The Wife of Bath's Prologue. Prochaska infuses The Franklin's Tale with a hefty dose of comedy as the characters navigate their way through a rocky coastline and an awkward love triangle. Faithful to the original, this text is accessible to a young twenty-first century audience for whom it may be an introduction to Chaucer's wise and gentle satire on love, marriage, and sex. "CANTERBURY TALES is not centered on sex but it] does not shy from the pilgrims' raunchiness, and...it was taken directly from Chaucer's original stories of an odd-lot of women and men headed for England's famous cathedral... |