Geoffrey Chaucer & Company Presents

  Tale of Sir Thopas 
& Tale of Melibee

4 actors – approx. 1 hour 25 minutes

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.

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