On an April morning ‘well nine and twenty’ pilgrims gathered at the Tabard Inn to set off to Canterbury. Along the way it is suggested that each Pilgrim tells two tales on the way there and two on the way back. However, in the event the Pilgrims never reach Canterbury and only 23 tales are recorded for posterity – the short time we have permits us to only retell five of these tales from Mike Poulton’s adaptation for the Royal Shakespeare Company, but we hope that our choices - which range from the heroic (The Knight’s Tale) to the bawdy (The Miller’s Tale) – mirror as best we can the many narrative voices employed by Chaucer.

The Dulwich Players will be performing The Canterbury Tales in the gardens of Bell House:

Saturday 9th July at 2pm and 5pm

Sunday 10th July at 2pm and 5pm

Saturday 16th July at 2pm and 5pm

Sunday 17th July at 2pm and 5pm

Recommended age 8+

Tickets : £12 and £8 (18 years and under). Tickets will also be sold on the door, subject to availability.

Wheelchair accessible. Assistance dogs only.

The Canterbury Tales is an amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books