Pericles
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Table of contents
- Cover1
- Title Page2
- Copyright Page3
- Note4
- Dramatis Personæ5
- Contents6
- Act I7
- Scene I. Antioch. A Room in the Palace7
- Scene II. Tyre. A Room in the Palace8
- Scene III. Tyre. An Ante-Chamber9
- Scene IV. Tarsus. A Room in the10
- Act II12
- Scene I. Pentapolis. An Open Place by12
- Scene II. The Same. A Public Way or Platform Leading to the Lists. A Pavilion by the Side of it for the Reception of the King, Princess, Lords, etc13
- Scene III. The Same. A Hall of State: A Banquet Prepared14
- Scene IV. Tyre. A Room in the Governor’s House15
- Scene V. Pentapolis. A Room in the Palace15
- Act III18
- Scene I18
- Scene II. Ephesus. A Room in Cerimon’s House19
- Scene III. Tarsus. A Room in the Governor’s house20
- Scene IV. Ephesus. A Room in Cerimon’s House20
- Act IV22
- Scene I. Tarsus. An Open Place near the Sea–Shore22
- Scene II. Mytilene. A Room in a Brothel23
- Scene III. Tarsus. A Room in the Governor’s House24
- Scene IV24
- Scene V. Mytilene. A Street before the Brothel25
- Scene VI. The Same. A Room in the Brothel25
- Act V29
- Scene I. On Board Pericles’ Ship, off Mytilene. A Close Pavilion on Deck, with a Curtain before it; Pericles within it, Reclined on a Couch. A Barge lying beside the Tyrian Vessel29
- Scene II31
- Scene III. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus; Thaisa Standing near the Altar, as High Priestess; a Number of Virgins on each side; Cerimon and Other Inhabitants of Ephesus Attending31
This romantic drama portrays the travails of a wandering prince and the redemptive powers of a daughter's love. Driven from one end of the Mediterranean to another by the winds of fate, Pericles endures loss and heartbreak before his odyssey ends in a miraculous reunion. Shipwreck, famine, and other disasters punctuate this wondrous tale, in which a knight in rusty armor fights for his true love and a princess kidnapped by pirates retains her honor by setting a virtuous example for her captors. Prologues delivered in the character of medieval English poet John Gower introduce each act of this unusual play, whose authorship has long been disputed. Written late in Shakespeare's career, Pericles was enormously popular in the 17th century and was the first of the playwright's dramas to be staged after the Restoration. The play fell into neglect until recent years, and now its charms are being rediscovered by modern audiences.