(@nterbur SONG ALBIN ales WORDS AND MUSIC OF 7 SONGS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CAST AND STORY OF THE MUSICAL ¢ ween STARKIE’ S PRET OF WILFRID RANE JESSIE EVA _ KENNETH J. MARREN Ciisie™ 12 bn Mae SINE al & ae Coen lt: COGHILL| TE | by "RCRA ie P pisos ICS by NE\Og "a eso SONG ALBUM Published by share & Co.Ltd, pent tp reet, ———_______—_—_—.Musical Contents of Album ....... Canterbury, ese er ee 4 Come On and arry Me,Honey 16 Darling, Let We Teach You How toiss . 12 If She Has Never Loved yee. oo... 22 | Have A Noble Cock 2... 8 Love Will Conquer All. . .. 26 Where Are The Girls of Yesterday ? 2 .. 20‘ CANTERBURY TALES Lyrios by Musio by RICHARD HILL NEVILL COGHILL and JOHN HAWKINS Maestoso - a PIANO)” Dmaj? Ge Daaj7 4 4. ae sfodim molto Cai? D Moderato % (Moderato) 48335 MADE IN ENCLAND © Copyright MCMLXVIII by Chappell & Co. Ltd, 50 New Bond Street, London, W.t All rights reserved For United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Bire, Australia,New Zealand and the Continent of Africa } ato Coda = = > => = Pili mosso Fr 7 DS al > Ra | poco rall. CODA a 8 Dm? 6 ’ pa E Cont & 48334 ChappellTT TTT TNT The idea of making a stage play out of "THE CANTERBURY TALES" originated with MARTIN. STARKIE, who first directed his own dramatisation of the tales at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964, This version, bosed on NEVILL COGHILL'S world-famous translation, was presented as part of the celebrations commemorating the 650th anniversary of Oxford University's Exeter College (1314), founded in the century that saw the birth of GEOFFREY CHAUCER. The Oxford Production was received with such enthusiasm that the idea was taken a step further. This time working in close collaboration with Nevill Coghill, who rewrote a considerable amount of his original translation, Martin Starkie invented a fresh framework for the play. The tales chosen were now centred mainly round the theme of love and marriage and the battle of the sexes. Meanwhile, working quite independently, two young composers RICHARD HILL and JOHN HAWKINS had been writinga musical suite inspired by the characters of the Canterbury Pilgrims. Authors and composers met for the first time when Martin Starkie was approached to record excerpts from the Coghill translation for «@ record of the Hill-Hawkins music. Out of this meeting sprang yet a further development, The authors decided to incorporate songs and music throughout the play, using the Hill-Hawkins blend of modem pop music and medieval. rhythms and harmonies, a formula which had proved highly successful on their record, "The Canterbury Pilgrims". Nevill Coghill undertook to write the necessary lyrics ‘and eventually after a very happy collaboration between authors and composers the present version of "Canterbury Tales" evolved. ‘One big problem remained - who was to put the show on, and where? Having steered his original idea through somany stages, Martin Starkie decided to present the show himself with his own company, in association with PETER NATHAN of Chanticleer Productions. RICHARD SCHULMAN, the production's General Manager, managed to secure a West End theatre at just the right moment and the show opened at the PHOENIX THEATRE, London, onthe first day of Spring, 1968. It wos received by a wildly enthusiasticaudience, which included, as guests of honour, RICHARD BURTON and ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Press acclaim followed and soon "CANTERBURY TALES" found itself playing to ever-increasing houses. What to many people had seemed an impossible gamble had succeeded triumphantly. The West End theatre scene enriched with that rarity, a successful and wholly original British musical which was rapidly snapped up for Broadway and attracted numerous offers for further production throughout the world, E, Mba au Autos ate Al Le Musatshe il tha tlyI HAVE A NOBLE COCK Lyrios by {_/ Music by RICHARD HILL NEVILL COGHILL and JOHN HAWKINS Doh=D {ild .d did im Is a} VOICE I havea no-ble cock, He PIANO e Ay D A See lseee et lea see crows at break of day, He makes me ri up ear-ly__ My prayersfor to say. TF 3 ‘Amsusd AT D D Emz S 3 3 ie soot, {ld d did mis Haslet Iss Ih 7 3 I havea no-ble cock, The fin-est roost-er yet, His comb is of_. red cor-al,__ His r ~erer A Fi . D . D 48334 MADE IN BNOLAND © Copyright MCMLXVIII by Chappell & Co.Ltd,,50,New Bond Street, London. WA All rights reserved a9 ana} {ls at | le la jlacla le Is a if £ 33 .le isuf emai ‘ture. And tail black as jet. I havea no-ble cock, He is a child of na - CF a ‘Areas A? Bb Fs . . {lef :3 Ip Ig sma :— oma Il foil z Le } when he stickshis neck out And — sings,its quite a feat - ure! r a f e c D D D fla djdsd om Is coos 111 Lis f Is, la a lus tf ts 8 ns | Thavea no-ble cock, His eyes can glow likeamb-er, And ev-ery night he per-ches__In tad-y's cham-ber— Em? 48335 Chappellmee Cul This musical version of the "CANTERBURY TALES" includes a group of tales that have love and marriage for their theme; together they form a debate on the comedy of the relations between the sexes. "Potters in love; from simple country scandal To marriage matters - how @ wife should handle A husband, or a husband handle a wife, And all the problems of a married life." On a fine Spring day in April 1387, Geoffrey Chaucer falls in with an assorted group of pilgrims who are spending the night at "THE TABARD INN" in Southwark, London, before setting out to visit the shrine of Thomas & Becket. After greeting his guests with a hearty welcome, the jovial Host of the "Tabard", Harry Bailey, proposes that the pilgrims should each tell a tale as they ride along the way. Next morning the pilgrims set off for Canterbury in high spirits, and soon the story-telling begins. The drunken Miller insists on telling what he calls “the funniest, rudest tale on earth"; about the seduction of Alison, the pretty young wife of an old carpenter by @ lusty Oxford College student, Nicholas. The Steward (formerly o carpenter) feels insulted by the Miller's tale and pays him back by tellinga tale about a thieving Miller whose wife and daughter are seduced by two young Cambridge students, The Merchant's Tale is also about the misfortunes suffered by an old man married toa young wife, She is in love with a handsome young servant, Damion, The way in which the two young lovers manage to deceive the husband (upa peartree ine secret garden of which the old man imagines he alone has the key) leads to an uproariously Funny climax. Dominating the cavalcade itself is the glorious Wife of Bath, who entertains the company with some startling views about virginity and a boisterous account of her five husbands, "Welcome the sixth whenever he appears I can't keep continent for years and years." She maintains that in marriage it isthe wife who should rule the roost, and illustrates this with her story about a lecherous young lord at the court of King Arthur, condemned to lose his head unless he can solve the riddle; "WHAT DO WOMEN MOST DESIRE?" By now the pilgrims are approaching Canterbury and the Priest feels it is an appropriate moment to remind everybody that love is the conswer to all life's problems. This sentiment is echoed in the song, "LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL," sung by the Prioress and the entire Company. Alo cu ll ll ll le Al12 DARLING, LET ME TEACH YOU HOW TO KISS Lyrics by Music by RICHARD HILL NEVILL COGHILL and JOHN HAWKINS “Indian feel"(moderato) ee < a ee PIANO mf Dob-F fl Darl-ing;let_me = > fifinam imo imam im om am tr or er Im ord | th teach you how to kiss. Letyourself go, just amin-ute or so,______ like Key D We Pen mir an [sito | oman iran | Ws athing you shouldn't miss, J r ee r MADE IN ENGLAND © Copyright MCMLXVIII by Chappell & Co, Ltd., 60 New Bond Street, London, W. 4, All rights reservedteaching howto kiss, ___ Sobenddownforme to_reach you, imam irom [1s wnanir am | oom Thavesucha lot to_teachyou, WhenIkiss you _—Icouldeat you KL is DarlingJetme teach you howto kiss — FPF Pop {om mir om Colla voce Darlinglet me teach you how to kiss. ———, on * 48334 ChappellCOME ON ao MARRY ME, HONEY (Wife of Bath’s Song) Lyrios by Music by RICHARD HILL NEVILL COGHILL and JOHN HAWKINS Brightly PIANO. Don =c fra" Come on and mar-ry me, Hon-ey;—— Come Whatemy ‘agejits a” rid-dle— o7 oe cout © yup, the gar - den pall tm Hine one for your mon-eys— Tin the wid-ow of Many a fine young tune Isplayedona fine— “old fid-dle By the light of the et tip la ocd lat Five hus-bands Ive If not by you, al-read - yhad, Whynot a doz-en or more? by some-oneelse,You can't ap-ply_ too soon, 48884 SADE TCENOLAND © Copyright MCMLXVIII byChappell & Co. Ltd., 50 New Bond Street, London W.t All rights reservedt ren I cantake up to a score. Let’s__get married in sus csusd Cus — Inst |r orm cf Is Logkout! tim on the war pal I am thewi-dow of20 WHERE ARE THE GIRLS OF YESTERDAY? Lyrics by Music by RICHARD HILL NEVILL COGHILL and JOHN HAWKINS Andante Key Bbtl am, ak. I+ wad t 3 VOICE Where are the girls of yes-ter- day? Good as Look for the girls of long a - go, Girls I would ‘Wherel Irish Mol - ly once so jol - ly? ‘And Welsh a PIANO! fla ay In: | gold And ‘do as they're told, ‘Where ch where oh where aro find So lov-ing and kind; Look for the girls I used to Mifanwy?_ Gone with the snows. And Highland Mary nev-er con - _—— Pe fl. we, 1, they? Who can say? Van-ished a - way, Good as know, High and low, they’regonewith the snow. Gone with the trary? Where shall we find the like of those? ‘And Eng-lish om D7 Gm e Eb F 48334 All rights reserved © Copyright MCMLXVIII by Chappell & Co, Ltd., 50 New Bond Street, London W.4Look at the girls youget to - day, Woep and wail____" Go weep and Just the site whereveryou go, You say'yes'— and ahe says —— t ‘Weep and wail. asst Chappell* IF SHE HAS NEVER LOVED BEFORE (Wedding Night Son, Lyrios by 8 ) Music by RICHARD HILL NEVILL COGHILL and JOHN HAWKINS A la calypso PIANO St. > F am? C7 Fr Gm7 7 F shehas nev er loved be- fore, shetoo de - li-cate to start fe Ie (ete fied (eet al sioidin los mat } How well shelllove to-night! How thrilling ‘tis tolock the doo, The ri- ot of loveplay? | ShallI walk —tip- toe to _her heart? fF 8 P . le: teora lt a. | td ee ee ee What bliss toquench the light. Oh__ she is a-mazed, Oh she is dazed. Or shall I'storm my way? 1 __cannot see ‘her my - ster-y— UF r c7 ad RO Gm asass MaDe 1 EXOLAND © Copyright MCMLXVIM by Chappell & Co, Ltd,.50 New Bond Street, London W. 1 AML rights reserved BbShes faint-ing in her fright, But, oh,for me what eo But this at leastean say. —” She’ is more lovely In p ar are ey t ? id g 27 Eb7 D7 DS.at Coda & CODA ira E d@iltostoriet ca ll fos up - on this wed-ding night! E - venthan in_ the day. nev - er loved be-fore—— How well she'll love to-night! null Bb fe 7 F26 LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL Lyries by Music by RICHARD HILL NEVILL COGHILL and JOHN HAWKINS Moderato yo fil acd a loss ils = | ttt wa} VOICE Howgquick the de-vil is to rise Andleadus by the He leads us up thehill of Pride To the vol-ca-no Se es —— eas PIANO G Si D Em? e tls.nc- Il filo om aod a | bridles ‘And se- ven are the | ways he triesTo hold us back from Wrath, Anddown a-gain the oth-er_side To #n- ey's denwhere —_~* ee EE Pa- ra-dise, he is guide, And path, © G Am aa’ la’ a ee : moat Jo-ness and Lust And ‘Thence to the _pas-ture lands of ta ———— Am Em MADE IN ENOLAND All rights reserved © Copyright MCMLXVII by Chappell & Co. Ltd.,50 New Bond Street, London W.4 4888427 ror im fim ts om Ir. fim tf cs Il 7 In Loveof Money,yes indeed Heseemstoknowof ev-‘ry need___ chil - dren of the SS ee le D7 6 D7 ° P Ia ca a Is ft fiw al 1. Butourgoodangel is at hand, T hearhis wings a - 2 For Amor vin-citom-ni - & What-ev-er may b 8. Yes Amor vin-citom-ni - & Whatev-er may b ro — To lead us to a bet-ter land And to the joy that + fall The sev-en sinswill havetheir day But they will all be “fall The sev-en sins will _havetheirday But they will all be ——— oe c iim .@ cd |- sa | God hasplanned For all whe follow Love. done a- way And Lovewill con-quer all! done a- way And Lovewill conquer all! Love wall eun_queray silt AY —_—= + ca Am ‘Am . o D7 c 4833s Printed by Symphony Reproductions Ltd.. 16, St. George Street, London, W.1 ChappellThe Flaypil CANTERBURY TALES BOOK by MARTIN STARKIE & NEVILL COGHILL (Based on a translation from CHAUCER by NEVILL COGHILL) MUSIC by RICHARD HILL & JOHN HAWKINS LYRICS by NEVILL COGHILL Costumes by LOUDON SAINTHILL x Sets by DEREK COUSINS Lighting by MICHAEL NORTHEN + Choreography by DAVID DREW ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSERS and GORDON ROSE Chorus Master: Maurice Amold DIRECTED by VLADO HABUNEK PRODUCED and CO-DIRECTED by MARTIN STARKIE cAsT WILFRID BRAMBELL JESSIE EVANS KENNETH J. WARREN NICKY HENSON BILLY BOYLE PAMELA CHARLES GAY SOPER MICHAEL LOGAN KEVIN BRENNAN DANIEL THORNDIKE JAMES OTTAWAY NANCY NEVINSON JOHN RUTLAND TREVOR BAXTER GEORGE RAISTRICK Raewyn Blade Laurel Brown Kay Fraser Cheryl Grunwald Dalia Lindsay Judy Monks Mare Arnall Howard Bell Bill Futter Julian Grant Bob Hogan Keith Mackintosh Roy Staite Humphrey Tavior THE LONDON PRODUC’ PHGENIX THEATRE, LONDON.