The Search: A Play"The Search" is an adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale," and conveys many original cautionary themes to a new audience. Straying from Chaucer's work, Charlotte Akyeampong creates new characters, not only to widen the scope of the story, but also to ensure effective interaction of different characters. For that is the essence of any good drama. Perhaps the flaw in our humanity becomes painfully amusing when it is so glaringly obvious for everyone observing from a distance, but remains one that we ourselves cannot see.
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