The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the great foundations of English literature—a lively, bawdy, humorous, and deeply human collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims traveling together toward Canterbury Cathedral. Representing many levels of medieval society, the travelers include a knight, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, a prioress, a pardoner, the unforgettable Wife of Bath, and many others, each with a tale reflecting personality, prejudice, ambition, faith, desire, and wit.

Through romance, comedy, satire, morality, trickery, and earthy humor, Chaucer creates an extraordinary portrait of medieval life. His pilgrims argue, boast, flirt, deceive, preach, and entertain, while their stories explore love, marriage, religion, class, greed, honor, hypocrisy, and human folly. Nearly seven centuries later, the characters remain startlingly recognizable and the storytelling remarkably alive.

Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano and The Rebellion, this production brings Chaucer’s famous pilgrims and their tales vividly to life with theatrical energy, character, and atmosphere. Giuliano’s distinctive dramatic narration gives warmth and immediacy to one of literature’s most enduring masterpieces, making The Canterbury Tales an entertaining journey through the humor, contradictions, and timeless humanity of the medieval world.