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Lively 'Tales' from Chaucer; Royal Shakespeare at KenCen.(ARTS & CULTURE)(THEATER)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20060322
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Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

You think we're living in a licentious society? Try the 14th century, where, between the fornication, flatulence and haphazard violence, it was like a "Lethal Bodkin" version of "The Sopranos." The difference was, in the 1300s, a bit of prayer was offered up before (or after) lopping off someone's head, copulating with the neighbor's wife, or committing any sort of calumny.

The Middle Ages are brought to sacred and scatological life in the Royal Shakespeare Company's earthy adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury ...

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