Table of Contents Acknowledgments vi Preface: A Whiter Shade of Pale 1 Introduction: Dramatizing the Miller's Tale 3 Part One: Chaucer's Transformation of the Miller's Tale I. Origins 9 II. Four Genres 15 III. Seeing and Hearing 30 IV. Comedic Realism 38 V. The Structure of John's House 48 VI. The ­Shot-Window 60 VII. Reconstructing John's House 81 VIII.

People and Props 87 IX. The ­Pre-Bedroom Sequence 93 X. The Bedroom Sequence 108 Part Two: Modern Transformations of the Miller's Tale XI. Early Retellings for Adults: Cobb (1712), Smith (1713), Anonymous (1791) 125 XII. Early Retellings for Young Readers: Johnstone (1895), Darton (1904), Farjeon (1930) 132 XIII. Later Retellings for Adults: Clarke (1870), Haweis (1887), Raffel (2008), Ackroyd (2009) 138 XIV. Later Retellings for Young Readers: McCaughrean (1984), Hastings (1988) 145 XV. In the Modern Missouri Ozarks: Milburn (1956) 151 XVI.

In Coloring Books and Cartoons: Adkins (1973), Lorenz (1981), Williams (2007), Chwast (2011) 169 XVII. In Musical Performance: Starkie (1968), Pickering (1988), Brinkman (2006) 183 XVIII. In Theatrical Performance: Woods (1974), Wengrow (1983), Riley (1998), O'Connor (2001), Price (2002), Poulton (2005) 195 XIX. In Filmic Performance: Pasolini (1972), Myerson (2000), Bowker (2003) 217 XX. In San Francisco and Southwark: Miller (2014), Machin (2014) 227 Chapter Notes 251 Bibliography 267 Index 273.