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Dateline: 23rd May, 2005
Out and About with Chaucer in Southwark Southwark Playhouse is to produce a promenade performance of six of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, sticking as closely as possible to the Pilgrim's Way, from 28th June to 10th July. Starting at the George Inn (77 Borough High Street) with the Prologue, the production moves on to the Gardens of St George the Martyr for the Knight's Tale. Then the three hour production moves on to Little Dorrit’s Court for the Miller's and Nun's Priest's Tales, followed by The Pardoner's Tale in Borough Market, finishing with the Wife of Bath's Tale in Southwark Cathedral’s Millennium Courtyard. Southwark was, of course, the starting point of Chaucer's pilgrims' journey, although it was the Tabard Inn from which they set off. However the Tabard, sited just off the High Street. was demolished in the nineteenth century. The George, which dates from 1677, is near to the site of the older inn. The performance starts at 7.15 and tickets are £15 (£10 concessions) and can only be booked in advance through Ticketweb (booking fee) online or by phone, or from the box office 020 7620 3494 which is open from 10:30am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday). The production is adpated by Playhouse artitistic director Gareth Machin with Ian Hastings, and directed by Machin. You can also have a meal between 5.30pm and 7pm at Bankside SE1, and actors will collect you from the restaurant and take you to the starting point of the performance. Tickets for this cost £25 and can only be booked through the restaurant: call 020 7633 0011 and quote "The Canterbury Tales". You can also book through their website at www.banksiderestaurants.co.uk/contact/contactus.html Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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