'The Canterbury Tales'
by Geoffrey Chaucer, adapted by Coghill & Starkie with music by Hill & Hawkins
venue
Derby Playhouse
Dates
7th - 11th February 1995
Director
Keith Briars
Music, merriment and a very big cockerel - this production had it all! Audiences were delighted by this fast-paced and irreverent interpretation of Chaucer's classic tales of folly, morality, class and naughtiness and our talented cast were able to show off their singing skills to terrific effect!
All photographs taken by Tony Eycott.
Crew
Director - Keith Briars
Musical Director - Mel Seal
Choreographer - Jackie O'Brien
Set Design - Andy Miller
Stage Manager (DSTC) - Peter Harrington
Stage Manager (Derby Playhouse) - Richard Hudson
Deputy Stage Manager - Hazel McDougall
Lighting Designer - Alex Stafford
Sound Emma - Sainsbury
Wardrobe Mistress - Flora Palmer
Wardrobe Assistants - Pat Kinnerley, Lynda Smith, Charlotte Palmer, Ann Sharp, Sue Stuart & Joyce Stokes
Props - Ruth Eycott & Ann Toy
Stage Crew - Chris Bloor, Alex Bloor, Paul Harrington, Alan Jackson & Matthew Sharratt
Prompts - Peggie Williamson, Irene Patten & Philip Button
Rehearsal Accompanists Don Gwinnett, Richard Mellor, Joyce Walton, Mary Alton & Iris Edgington
Photography - Tony Eycott
Press Oflicer - Alicia Petty
Front Of House - Tony Eycott & Philip Button
Business Manager - Tony Jaggers
ORCHESTRA
Keyboard & Piano - Christine Nicklin
Trumpets - Kevin Dye & Frank Stubbs
Lead Guitar - Steve McAlone
Bass Guitar - Paul Mathews
Drums - Tony Whilde
Cast
THE PILGRIMS
Geoffrey Chaucer - Kenneth Pipes
The Host - Steve Foster
The Knight - David Guest
The Squire - David Partridge
The Priest - Mike Knott
The Cook - Eric Drcken
The Friar - Mark Hopwell
The Miller - Mike Evans
The Clerk Of Oxford - Matthew Purland
The Merchant - Hugh Price
The Wife Of Bath - Lorna Harrington
The Prioress - Kathlyn Phillips
The Nun - Elaina Evans
THE MILLER'S TALE
Nicholas - Howard Nelson
The Carpenter - Eric Dicken
Alison - Elaina Evans
Absalon - Alan Smith
Gervase - Tony Cooper
Robin - Richard Murfin
THE PRIEST’S TALE
Chanticleer - Alan Smith
Pertelote - Alicia Petty
Fox - Keith Briars
Widow - Helen Cornfield
Young Girls - Annabelle Pepper & Victoria Hithersay
Young Chicks - Rachael Cornfield, Laura Smith & Lizzie Smith
THE STEWARD’S TALE
Miller - Alan Smith
Miller's Wife - Chris Smith
Molly - Elly Reid
Alan - William Tipper
John - Richard Mills
THE MERCHANT’S TALE
January - David Guest
Justinius - Tony Jaggers
Placebo - Mike Knott
May - Annabelle Pepper
Damien - Howard Nelson
Pluto - Edward Wood
Prosperina - Elaina Evans
Duenna - Christine Bayley
Page Boy - Richard Murfin
THE WIFE OF BATH’S TALE
King Arthur - Mark Hopwell
Queen Guinevere - Carolyn O’Brien
Old Woman - Jill Cocke
Young Knight - David Partridge