Important Notes.

These are some notes on important points raised when I was designing The Canterbury Tales, which I need to keep in mind throughout the realization of this production.

•  Inventive costumes and symbolic set. 
• Simple textural dyed fabrics. 
• Set is about the using a few simple objects to create different atmospheres for the different tales. 
• Storytelling theme. 
• All traditional storytelling worlds – all medieval yet each tale has the different flavour of each character. 
• Costume changes will happen on set, part of the performance. 
• Nothing modern, comedic and bawdy. 
• The tavern the play is set in could be considered high class firstly, because a knight and Squire have chosen to come there, and because the host is friendly and obliging. 
•  Medieval Fabrics: Wool, Silk, Linen, Hemp. Expensive fabrics: Taffeta, Velvet, Damask (made form a mixture of the fabrics above). 
• Must consider, would the pilgrims have this on their travels?