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.
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When: Sunday
Oct. 29, 2006 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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