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Now, a menagerie of puppets star in this wild story’s stage adaptation in Cambridge, and a small army of artists is bringing them to life for the play’s US premiere.

Zadie Smith on the process of bringing Chaucer’s Wife of Bath to life in contemporary London.

Since premiering in England in 2019, the play by Lolita Chakrabarti has won five Olivier Awards. Much praise has been directed at its large-scale animal puppets designed by Nick Barnes, Finn Caldwell, and Caroline Bowman, with more than one critic calling them the stars of the show.

The expansiveness of the show’s themes, Webster believes, makes for a rich experience. “It’s about a boy and a tiger, but what that really means or what that’s a symbol of or what that resonates with in people’s lives is mysterious.”

A compilation of resources to introduce you to the world of the play and to prepare and reflect on the production.

Rajesh Bose is excited to be returning to his old stamping grounds when he appears in the Olivier Award-winning play Life of Pi.