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The Wife of Willesden review " Zadie Smith's boozy lock-in is a bawdy treat by Kate Wyver

Kiln theatre, LondonThe author's debut play lets one of Chaucer's most revolutionary characters loose in modern-day Kilburn in a celebration of community and a life well-lived For her debut play, bestselling author Zadie Smith has adapted The Wife of Bath, from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, for 21st-century north-west London. With bawdy humour and an ear for gossip, it's a love letter to her local area set in a pub tha…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM on November 18, 2021

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