Canterbury Tales | |
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The Musical | |
Music | John Hawkins Richard Hill |
Lyrics | Nevill Coghill |
Book | Martin Starkie Nevill Coghill |
Basis | The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
Productions | 1968 West End |
Canterbury Tales is a musical conceived by Martin Starkie and written by Nevill Coghill and Martin Starkie with music by John Hawkins and Richard Hill. Originally presented at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964, it was expanded into a full-length musical and presented at the Phoenix Theatre, London on 21 March 1968. It played for a record-breaking 2080 performances[1] and closed on 24 March 1973.[2]