Tue 23 Nov 1999, 7.30pm, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London

Performers

Prelude
'Alas that ever love was sin' (The Wife of Bath)
Shaman Dance	Paul Liburd
Shaman Dance	Hope Muir
Couple	Maria Sardon Urtiaga
Couple	Matthew Hart
Couple	Patricia Hines
Couple	Conor O'Brien
Couple	Deirdre Chapman
Couple	David Hughes
Priest	François Testory
Solo	Conor O'Brien
The Trials of Constance (from The Man of Law's Tale)
Constance	Didy Veldman
Man	Branden Faulls
Man	Paul Liburd
Man	Laurent Cavanna
Man	Rafael Bonachela
The Crusades
Solo ('I Sing For My Courage')	Patricia Hines
One of Three Knights	Laurent Cavanna
One of Three Knights	Branden Faulls
One of Three Knights	Christopher Powney
Salva Nos ('Save Us')/Miri It Is ('Merry It Is')	Lucie Skeaping
Salva Nos ('Save Us')/Miri It Is ('Merry It Is')	Ladies of the Company
Two war dances	Glenn Wilkinson
Two war dances	Jan de Schynkel
Two war dances	Vincent Redmon
Two war dances	Matthew Hart
Two war dances	David Hughes
Two war dances	Hope Muir
Two war dances	Didy Veldman
Two war dances	Rachel Poirier
Two war dances	Ana Maria Luján Sánchez
Prologue
Narrator	Ian Knowles
Innkeeper	Christopher Powney
Servant	Deirdre Chapman
Servant	Patricia Hines
Servant	Ana Maria Luján Sánchez
Servant	Rachel Poirier
Knight	Jan De Schynkel
Squire	Maria Sardon Urtiaga
Nun	Marie-Laure Agrapart
Nun	Elizabeth Old
Friar	Matthew Hart
Monk	Vincent Redmon
Cook	Glenn Wilkinson
Wife of Bath	Miranda Lind
Parson	Laurent Cavanna
Miller	Branden Faulls
Reeve	Conor O'Brien
Summoner	David Hughes
Pardoner	Rafael Bonachela
One of Four Nuns	Deirdre Chapman
One of Four Nuns	Patricia Hines
One of Four Nuns	Ana Maria Luján Sánchez
One of Four Nuns	Rachel Poirier
The Knight’s Tale
Theseus	Paul Liburd
Hippolyta	Didy Veldman
Emily	Angela Towler
Palamon	Matthew Hart
Arcita	Christopher Powney
Mourning Woman	Marie-Laure Agrapart
Mourning Woman	Deirdre Chapman
Mourning Woman	Miranda Lind
Mourning Woman	Hope Muir
Mourning Woman	Elizabeth Old
Mourning Woman	Rachel Poirier
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
Wife of Bath	Miranda Lind
Husband	Conor O'Brien
Husband	Laurent Cavanna
Husband	Rafael Bonachela
Husband	Glenn Wilkinson
Husband	Branden Faulls
The Wife of Bath’s Tale
Knight	Jan De Schynkel
Maiden/Crone	Marie-Laure Agrapart
Gwynivere	Elizabeth Old
Arthur	Vincent Redmon
The Miller’s Tale
John the Carpenter	Conor O'Brien
Alison	Maria Sardon Urtiaga
Nicholas	Matthew Hart
Absalon	Branden Faulls
Go-between	François Testory
All other parts played by	Members of the Company
Conductor	Paul Hoskins
Recorders, Shawms, Ethnic Flute, Bagpipes	Keith Thompson
Oboe, Recorders, Shawm	Joseph Sanders
Violin, Rebec	Charles Mutter
Cello	Ben Chappell
Oud, Saz, Lute, Guitar	Forbes Henderson
Horn	Kevin Elliott
Bass Trombone	Paul Lambert
Synthesizer	Stephen Lade
Percussion	Robert Millett
Percussion	Christopher Blundell
Singer	Lucie Skeaping
Singer	François Testory