Jan
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Feb.
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1/13/07
Franklin's
Tale
7:30 PM at Villa Marin in San Rafael, CA
1/18/07
Franklin's Tale
3:00 & 7:30 PM Paradise Valley Estates in Fairfield,
CA
2/23/2007 Uncommon Sense
Feb. 2, 2007 7:30 PM at University
Retirement, Davis |
Sept.
- Nov.
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When: Sunday Oct. 29 3:00 PM
Where: Christ Presbyterian Church in Terra Linda,
620
del Ganado Rd., San Rafael (Freitas Parkway exit off
101)
What: Uncommon Sense: Tales of Melibee & Sir
Thopas from the Canterbury Tales
About:
What would the great writers of the past have to
say about today’s headlines? Geoffrey Chaucer
has already put in his two cents on terrorism and
how to respond. In his famous Canterbury Tales, the Tale
of Melibee addresses the issue of how to respond
to attack. Incorporating masks and music in this
unique production by Chaucer & Co., Uncommon
Sense: Tales of Melibee & Sir Thopas places us
on the brink of war, when a powerful young lord’s
family is attacked. Lord Melibee responds emotionally,
as most of us would (and did on Sept. 11): outraged
at the injustice of the attack on his wife and daughter
and filled with a desire for revenge.
Surprisingly,
his wife, Dame Prudence, herself a victim of this
violence, strives to serve as a voice of reason,
counseling for peace. The ensuing debate over the
appropriate political and/or military response, set
within a domestic battleground of emotion versus
reason, makes for a deeply compelling and sometimes
amusing drama laced with wisdom. Intermingled with
the Tale of Melibee are dream-like visions
from the Tale of Sir Thopas, in which a love-sick
knight battles a 3-headed giant in an effort to win
the elf queen of his dreams.
Tickets: $10 suggested donation, but pay what you
will
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