A lively and fast-moving comic adaptation featuring five of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - as told by the Knight, the Wife of Bath, the Pardoner, the Nun's Priest and the Miller. The accompanying activity section includes information on the background to the play, research and presentation activities linking Chaucer's Tales to the society in which he lived, and ways in to Chaucer's original language. Adapted by: Riley, Martin;
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Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in about 1342. He was valued highly by Edward III, who paid part of his ransom when he was captured fighting in France in 1360. He rose in royal employment, becoming a Justice of the Peace and was buried in 1400 in Westminster Abbey. Born and educated in Enfield, North London, Geraldine McCaughrean is the youngest of three
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