Pericles, Prince of Tyre

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Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Shakespearean romance play that follows the adventurous and often perilous journeys of a noble prince across the Mediterranean.

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Prince of Tyre 1

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instanceOf Jacobean drama
Shakespearean romance
play
stage work
approximateCompositionDate c. 1607–1608
author William Shakespeare
dramaticForm tragicomedy
features brothel scenes
chorus-like commentary by Gower
recognition scenes
shipwrecks
tournaments
firstKnownPublication 1609 quarto
firstPublicationFormat quarto
genre adventure drama
romance
includedIn some later editions of the Shakespeare First Folio tradition
language English
literaryPeriod Jacobean era
linked to: Stuart period
literaryTradition late Shakespearean romances
mainCharacter Cleon
Dionyza
Gower
Helicanus
Marina
Pericles
Simonides
Thaisa
narratorCharacter Gower
periodOfComposition early 17th century
placeOfActionRegion Mediterranean Sea
protagonist Pericles
relatedWork Cymbeline
The Tempest
The Winter’s Tale
linked to: The Winter's Tale
setting Antioch
Ephesus
Pentapolis
Tarsus
Tyre
eastern Mediterranean
sourceAuthor John Gower
sourceWork Confessio Amantis
structure five acts
theme chastity and virtue
divine providence
family separation
loss and reunion
maritime adventure

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Works of William Shakespeare includesWork Pericles, Prince of Tyre
subject linked to: works of William Shakespeare
Cymbeline relatedWorkByAuthor Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Amalric, Prince of Tyre title Prince of Tyre
linked to: Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Philip Quast notableWork Pericles, Prince of Tyre