Meet the Cast
Grisilde (Griselda)
Grisilde the Great
Puzzled by Grisilde? So are a lot of people. She is one of the
most enigmatic—and maybe most troubling—characters in all of the Canterbury Tales.
For one thing, she's an a...
Walter
The Bachelor
Walter's living the life... at least that's what he thinks,
and that's the way he wants it to stay. Marriage? That's for chumps who want to
lose their freedom. This dude would rather...
Janicula
Janicula, Grisilde's father, is the poorest of all the poor
folk in Salucia, but life has blessed him with a virtuous daughter who cares for
him tenderly. And Janicula returns that tender feeling....
The Sergeant
Although he's a minor character, only appearing twice to
spirit Grisilde's children away to Bologna at Walter's command, the Sergeant
gets a lot of abuse from the narrator, who claims: "Suspecious...