The wife of Willesden : incorporating: The wife of Willesden's tale, which tale is preceded by The general lock-in and The wife of Willesden's prologue and followed by a retraction / Zadie Smith ; told in verse couplets translated from the Chaucerian into North Weezian on the occasion of the Brent 2020 pilgrimage and celebration.
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"Presented by Kiln Theatre in association with Brent 2020, London Borough of Culture."--Page v.
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The wife of Willesden : incorporating: The wife of Willesden's tale, which tale is preceded by The general lock-in and The wife of Willesden's prologue and followed by a retraction / Zadie Smith ; told in verse couplets translated from the Chaucerian into North Weezian on the occasion of the Brent 2020 pilgrimage and celebration.
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'Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. She plays many roles round here. And never Scared to tell the whole of her truth, whether Or not anyone wants to hear it. Wife Of Willesden: pissed enough to tell her life Story to whoever has ears and eyes . . .' Zadie Smith's first time writing for the stage, The Wife of Willesden is a riotous twenty-first century translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic The Wife of Bath's Prologue, brought to glorious life on the Kilburn High Road.