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Throwing Bawdy & Soul Into 'Canterbury'; How Did the RSC Pull Chaucer's Sprawling Work Together? Oh, There Are Tales to Tell.

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20060416
Author:Celia Wren

Battles. Miracles. Sexual intrigue. Flatulence jokes. Talking chickens.

Six centuries after the death of Geoffrey Chaucer, the range of tone and subject matter in his unfinished masterpiece, "The Canterbury Tales," is as amazing as ever. And time hasn't dampened the pizazz of his idiosyncratic characters -- the pilgrims who banter, quarrel and spin stories as they travel to the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. The irrepressible Wife of Bath; the corrupt, epicene Pardoner; the simpering Prioress with her lap dogs -- these figures have a charm and vigor that befit and ...

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