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, with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton attending the premiere. It played for a record-breaking 2080 performances and closed on 24 March 1973.
Lovingly DigiMIXED to modernise as much as possible and here for the first time ever on CD.
Tracklist
1. Overture - Orchestra
2. Chaucer's Prologue / Songs of Welcome - Martin Starkie
3. Good Night Hymn Wilfred Brambell, Pamela Charles, John Rutland
4. Canterbury Day - Wilfred Brambell, Pamela Charles, John Rutland
5. I Have A Noble Cock - Nicky Henson
6. Darling, Let Me Teach You How To Kiss - Billy Boyle
7. Nicholas and Alison's Love Duet - Nicky Henson, Gay Soper, Wilfred Brambell
8. Some Call It Love - Wilfred Brambell
9. Chanticleer and Pertelote Duet - Wilfred Brambell, Pamela Charles, John Rutland
10. Chanticleer, Pertelote, Fox Trio - Wilfred Brambell, Pamela Charles, John Rutland
11. Fill Your Glass - Kenneth J Warren, Nancy Nevinson, Gay Soper
12. Pilgrim's Riding Music - Orchestra of The Canterbury Tales
13. Come On And Marry Me, Honey - Jessie Evans
14. When I Was A Boy - Kenneth J Warren, Wilfrid Bramble
15. Where Are The Girls of Yesterday? - Wilfrid Bramble, Nicky Henson, Gay Soper
16. If She Has Never Loved Before - Wilfrid Bramble, Daniel Thorndike, John Rutland
17. I Give My Love a Ring - Nicky Henson, Gay Soper
18. Chaucers Speech - Martin Starkie, Nicky Henson
19. I Am Forever Dated
20. Opening Of the Wife of Baths Tale / What Do Women Most Desire?
21. April Song
22. The Arrival at Canterbury / Love Will Conquer All / Chaucer Epilogue / Finale
