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A Knight's Tale is a 2001 American medieval action comedy film [5] [6] written, co-produced and directed by Brian Helgeland.The film stars Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire who poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades and acquiring friendships with such historical figures as Edward the Black Prince (James Purefoy) and Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany).
"The Knight's Tale" (Middle English: The Knightes Tale) is the first tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Knight is described by Chaucer in the " General Prologue " as the person of highest social standing amongst the pilgrims, though his manners and clothes are unpretentious.
A Knight's Tale is a movie made by Columbia Pictures and released in 2001. After the death of his master, William Thatcher ( Heath Ledger ), a young squire takes on the persona of a knight in order to compete in a jousting competition to earn enough money to return home to England.
Heath Ledger in ‘A Knight’s Tale.’ Cover Images A Knight’s Tale almost got a sequel on Netflix, but without the late Heath Ledger — at least according to screenwriter Brian Helgeland.
Sony released “A Knight’s Tale” to $117 million at the worldwide box office in summer 2001. Heath Ledger led the ensemble cast, which also included Paul Bettany and Alan Tudyk.
Palamon and Arcite is a translation of The Knight's Tale from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Although the plot line is identical, Dryden expanded the original text with poetic embellishments. The source of Chaucer's tale was Boccaccio's Teseida. Translations include those by Percival Ashley Chubb (1899) [1] and Walter William Skeat ...
Laura Fraser (born 24 July 1975) [1] is a Scottish actress. She has played Door in the urban fantasy series Neverwhere (1996), Kate in the film A Knight's Tale (2001), Cat MacKenzie in the BBC Three drama series Lip Service (2010–2012) and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2012–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2017–2020).
Title page of the 1634 quarto. The Two Noble Kinsmen is a Jacobean tragicomedy, first published in 1634 and attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare.Its plot derives from "The Knight's Tale" in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1387–1400), which had already been dramatised at least twice before, and itself was a shortened version of Boccaccio's epic poem Teseida.