Chaucer's pilgrims retell their tales in this lively and imaginative playscript adaptation by Martin Riley. This Oxford Playscript is perfect for exploring storytelling with KS3 English and Drama students, suitable for both performance and classroom study.
Key Features:
-Adapted for a KS3 classroom, with 25 speaking parts
-Includes motivating activities focusing on performance, close text analysis, language and structure, together with varied creative tasks
-Insights into the play by the authors and adaptors
-Notes on props, staging, and illustrations
-Explores themes of storytelling, morality, and humour
-Supports oracy, reading fluency, and dramatic interpretation
-Great for whole-class reading or drama performances
Suitable for: KS3 English and Drama departments
Themes: storytelling, morality, humour
This is Book 6 in the Oxford Playscripts Series. See all Oxford Playscripts books here.
No one has written a review for 'Oxford Playscripts: The Canterbury Tales'
Why not be the first to share your opinion?
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
More about Geoffrey Chaucer
