The Belles of Canterbury: A Chaucer Tale Out of School

A short, comic one-act set in a girls' school in which pupils prepare a Thanksgiving entertainment and one student struggles through Chaucer, prompting a magical reveal from a curtained bookcase: personae drawn from Chaucer's tales appear and engage with the girls. The script juxtaposes modern teenage concerns and humor with medieval archetypes, staging their interactions as light parody and dramatic tableaux. Practical costume and stage directions tailor roles for eleven female performers, blending farce, pastiche, and affectionate literary lampooning.