Haha, this bit at 23:20. “For al so siker as: In Pricipio, Mulier est hominis confusio. Madame, the sentence of this Latyn is; ‘Womman is mannes joye, and al his blis’.” Would the people Chaucer was telling this tale to have known much Latin, or would this have gone completely over their heads?
This is an invaluable performance. An essential tool in teaching as well. Highly laudable.
Big applause to the actor, he presented it in such a delightful manner!
Excellent, great performance! Bravo!
This is quite outstanding. I found it by chance - why on earth isn't Colin Gibbings famous for it? Does nobody read Chaucer for fun any more?
Millions still do! Thank God.
Colin is fabulous.
I do.
Millions. He's beloved in the UK. Maybe less so elsewhere. But his star has not dimmed.
great performance, good subtitles, funny additional comments. enjoyed it
Excellent performance
I never give comments online, but this is one of the best performances ever!
Peter Robinson - I'm years late saying - a fantastic service you've provided to the net,' and a memorable peformance.
Haha, this bit at 23:20.
“For al so siker as: In Pricipio,
Mulier est hominis confusio.
Madame, the sentence of this Latyn is;
‘Womman is mannes joye, and al his blis’.”
Would the people Chaucer was telling this tale to have known much Latin, or would this have gone completely over their heads?
This just angers me
Why?