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''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 performancesChaucer Heritage Trust website, history section
Accessed 20 October 2021 and closed on 24 March 1973.
Accessed 20 October 2021


Songs

# Overture – Orchestra # Song of Welcome – Host # Canterbury Day – Pilgrims # Darling, Let Me Teach You How To Kiss – Absalon # I Have A Noble Cock – Nicholas # Pater Noster – Nicholas, Alison, Carpenter # There's The Moon – Nicholas, Alison # It Depends on Where You're At – Nun, Wife of Bath, Chorus # Love Will Conquer All – Prioress, Nun, Chorus # Beer Is Best – John, Alan, Miller, Molly, Chorus # Come on And Marry Me, Honey – Wife of Bath # Where Are The Girls of Yesterday? – Host, Chorus # If She Has Never Loved Before – January # I'll Give My Love A Ring – Damien, May # Pear Tree – May, Proserpina, January, Damian, Pluto # I Am All Ablaze – Squire # What Do Women Want? – Knight # April Song – Village Girls # Love Will Conquer All (reprise)


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{{The Canterbury Tales West End musicals Broadway musicals 1968 musicals Musicals based on novels Works based on The Canterbury Tales British musicals Tony Award-winning musicals