The Wife of Willesden: Zadie Smith’s ‘rambunctious’ reworking of Chaucer

Kiln Theatre production is a ‘stunning piece of freewheeling stagecraft’, said The Times

Image from The Wife of Willesden on stage
Clare Perkins ‘plays a belter’ as the eponymous wife
(Image credit: Marc Brenner)

Zadie Smith’s “inspired” reworking of Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Tale is a “gloriously staged” triumph, said Susannah Clapp in The Observer.

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