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Title: The Belles of Canterbury
A Chaucer Tale Out of School

Author: Anna Bird Stewart

Release Date: February 9, 2005 [EBook #15007]

Language: English

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THE BELLES OF CANTERBURY

A CHAUCER TALE OUT OF SCHOOL

=A Play In One Act for Eleven Girls=

BY
ANNA BIRD STEWART, A.M.

DEDICATED TO
MISS DOROTHY CONREY

1912

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NEW YORK LONDON
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PUBLISHER 26 SOUTHAMPTON STREET
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=THE BELLES OF CANTERBURY=

PERSONS IN THE PLAY.

FRESHMAN }
SOPHOMORE }
JUNIOR } _Pupils at a girls' school_
SENIOR }

CHARACTERS FROM THE _CANTERBURY TALES._

WIFE OF BATH _From the Prologue_
PRIORESS " " "
FIRST NUN " " "
SECOND NUN " " "
EMILY _From the Knight's Tale_
HIPPOLYTA " " " "
GRISELDA " " _Clerk's_ "

COSTUMES.

The simplicity of the costuming as well as of the stage setting makes
the play an easy one for amateurs to produce.

The dress of the four school girls should be as modern as possible.
Their hair should be elaborately arranged.

HIPPOLYTA should wear the dress of an Amazon, armor if possible, or a
short skirt, sandals laced high with crossed strings, waist to match the
skirt, a crown, and a shield on the left arm. The shield can he made by
gilding or covering a barrel-head with silver paper.

EMILY wears a long gown of pale dull green cheese cloth, falling
straight from the shoulders and girded in at the waist by a curtain
cord. She must have fair hair which should be braided down her back.

GRISELDA should wear a similar costume of pale gray and lavender, with
a tall headdress of wire covered with white g