Chaucer. Bernardine Evaristo.
Arts & Ideas
BBC
4.2 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Anne McElvoy reads a new biography of Chaucer by Marion Turner called Chaucer: A European Life and talks to writer Bernardine Evaristo about her depiction of 12 characters aged 12 to 93 in her novel Girl, Woman, Other and to Candice Carty-Williams about her best-selling first novel and podcast Queenie. Plus Matt Wolf looks at representations of money, capitalism and the American dream on stage.
You can hear Queenie being read on BBC Radio 4 here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p075drzy
All My Sons by Arthur Miller with Sally Field and Bill Pullman in the cast runs at the Old Vic Theatre until June 8th.
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller with Wendell Pierce, Sharon D Clarke and Arinzé Kene runs at the Young Vic Theatre until 29th June
The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini adapted by Ben Power runs at the Picadilly Theatre in London's West End in May for a 12 week run.
King Hedley II by August Wilson runs at the Theatre Royal Stratford East from 17th May to 15th June.
Producer: Fiona McLean
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| 1:32.5 | Today we're looking at money and the working life |
| 1:35.5 | in new novels by Bernardine Everisto |
| 1:37.8 | and Candice Carty Williams, |
| 1:39.9 | as shown on the stage in some productions coming up this month. |
| 1:43.1 | And we'll discuss the working life of Chaucer with Marian Turner, |
| 1:47.3 | the poet's upbringing as a son of a wine merchant, |
| 1:50.3 | and his travels across Europe in a life determined by a world of international trade. |
| 1:56.2 | Let's hear a few of his words. |
| 1:58.1 | Befell that in that season on a day, in Southwark at the Tabard, as he lay, ready to wend |
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