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Pericles

Period written: 1607-1608 First known performance: 1607 The poet Gower introduces the story and provides a commentary throughout. Antiochus has a riddle which any prince seeking the hand of his daughter has to solve,...

Pericles: Act I Prologue

Prologue (Gower) Enter Gower. GOW. To sing a song that old was sung, From...

Pericles: Act I, Scene 1

Scene 1 Antioch (Syria). A room in the palace. (Antiochus, Prince Pericles, Followers, Daughter of Antiochus, Thaliard, Antiochan...

Pericles: Act I, Scene 2

Scene 2 Tyre. A room in the palace. (Pericles, Lords of Tyre, Helicanus) Enter Pericles with his...

Pericles: Act I, Scene 3

Scene 3 Tyre. An antechamber in the palace. (Thaliard, Helicanus, Escanes, Lords of Tyre) Enter Thaliard...

Pericles: Act I, Scene 4

Scene 4 Tarsus. A room in the Governor’s house. (Cleon, Dionyza, Lords, Lord of Tarsus, Pericles, Attendants)

Pericles: Act II Prologue

Prologue (Gower, Pericles, Cleon, First Tyrian Messenger) Enter Gower. GOW. Here have...

Pericles: Act II, Scene 1

Scene 1 Pentapolis. An open place by the seaside. (Pericles, Three Fishermen) Enter Pericles...

Pericles: Act II, Scene 2

Scene 2 (Simonides, Three Lords of Pentapolis, Princess Thaisa, First Knight, Pages, Second Knight, Third Knight, Fourth Knight, Fifth Knight) Pentapolis. A...

Pericles: Act II, Scene 3

Scene 3 Pentapolis. A hall of state and a banquet. (King Simonides, Thaisa, Marshal, Lords, Ladies, Attendants, Knights)

Pericles: Act II, Scene 4

Scene 4 Tyre. A room in the Governor’s house. (Helicanus, Escanes, Three Lords) Enter Helicanus and...

Pericles: Act II, Scene 5

Scene 5 Pentapolis. A room in the palace. (King Simonides, Knights, Pericles, Thaisa) Enter the King Simonides,...

Pericles: Act III Prologue

Prologue (Gower, Pericles, Simonides, Attendants, Second Tyrian Messenger, Lords, Thaisa, Lychorida) Enter...

Pericles: Act III, Scene 1

Scene 1 On a ship at sea. (Pericles, Lychorida, Two Sailors) Enter Pericles...

Pericles: Act III, Scene 2

Scene 2 Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house. (Lord Cerimon, Ephesan Servant, Man, Philemon, First Gentleman of Ephesus, Second Gentleman of Ephesus,...

Pericles: Act III, Scene 3

Scene 3 Tarsus. A room in Cleon’s house. (Pericles, Cleon, Dionyza, Lychorida) Enter Pericles at Tharsus with...

Pericles: Act III, Scene 4

Scene 4 Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house. (Cerimon, Thaisa) Enter Cerimon and...

Pericles: Act IV Prologue

Prologue (Gower) Enter Gower. GOW. Imagine Pericles arriv’d at...

Pericles: Act IV, Scene 1

Scene 1 Tarsus. An open place near the seashore. (Dionyza, Leonine, Marina, Pirates) Enter Dionyza with...

Pericles: Act IV, Scene 2

Scene 2 Mytilene. A room in a brothel. (Pander, Bawd, Boult, Pirates, Marina) Enter the three bawds: Pander, Bawd,...

Pericles: Act IV, Scene 3

Scene 3 Tarsus. A room in Cleon’s house. (Cleon, Dionyza) Enter Cleon and...

Pericles: Act IV, Scene 4

Scene 4 Tarsus. Before the tomb of Marina. (Gower, Pericles, Cleon, Dionyza) Enter Gower before the monument of...

Pericles: Act IV, Scene 5

Scene 5 Mytilene. A street before the brothel. (First Gentleman of Mytilene, Second Gentleman of Mytilene) Enter two...

Pericles: Act IV, Scene 6

Scene 6 Mytilene. A room in the brothel. (Pander, Bawd, Boult, Lysimachus, Marina) Enter three bawds: Pander, Bawd,...

Pericles: Act V Prologue

Prologue (Gower) Enter Gower. GOW. Marina thus the brothel scapes, and...

Pericles: Act V, Scene 1

Scene 1 On board Pericles’s ship, off Mytilene. (Pericles, Helicanus, Sailor of Tyre, Sailor of Mytilene, Gentlemen, First Gentleman of Tyre, Lysimachus,...

Pericles: Act V, Scene 2

Scene 2 Ephesus. Before the temple of Diana. (Thaisa, Virgins, Cerimon, Gower) GOW. Now our sands are...

Pericles: Act V, Scene 3

Scene 3 The temple of Diana at Ephesus. (Pericles, Lysimachus, Helicanus, Marina, Lady) The Temple of Diana at...

Pericles: Epilogue

Epilogue (Gower) Enter Gower. GOW. In Antiochus and his daughter you have...