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Þe Two Noble Kinsmē

Þe Two Noble Kinsmē

ÞE Two Noble KINSMEN.

A play based on a knight's tale, adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, set in the court of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Written by John Fletcher with contributions frō William Shakespeare.

Mural by Robert Bittar.

Cast, in order of appearance ▲ Narrator Boy Singing Three Queenes (1, 2, 3) Theseus: Duke of Athens Hippolyta: Amazon Queen, later Theseus's wife Emilia: Hippolyta's sister Pyrithous: Theseus's friend Palamon and Arcite: Thebans and kinsmen (cousins, nephews to King Creon) Herald Jailor ▲ Wooer Jailor's Daughter Emilla's Woman Four Country People (1, 2, 3, 4) Schoolmaster Nell Baboon Jailor's Friends (1, 2) Jailor's Brother Gentleman Messenger Doctor Attendants Tucke and Curtis Three Knights (1, 2, 3)

Modern faux-Romanesque music, befitting ÞE Two Noble KINSMEN.
Carmina Burana

Conducted by Jeffrey Thomas, 2008. Composed by Carl Orff, 1935.

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