Teaching Chaucer as Drama: The Garden Scene in the 'Shipman's Tale'

Author / Editor
Beidler, Peter G.

Title
Teaching Chaucer as Drama: The Garden Scene in the 'Shipman's Tale'

Published
Exemplaria 8 (1996): 485-93.

Description
Introducing small readers' theatre productions of scenes from Chaucer into the classroom reinforces the sounds of Middle English for students, allows them to get personally involved in the class, focuses their attention more closely on Chaucer's text, and emphasizes the large dramatic element of CT.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Shipman and His Tale.