“‘Tis time to fear,” Pericles observes on Navy Pier, “when tyrants seem to kiss.” The likable Prince of Tyre, hero of the William Shakespeare play of the same name, has a specific tyrant in mind, one ...

“Pericles” is one of those Shakespeare plays that’s performed a lot less often than many of his greatest hits, albeit certainly more often than, say, “Henry VIII.” It’s always fun to see this rambling ...

The Motley Shakespeare Players (Motley Shakes), the MFA Company of Mary Baldwin University’s Shakespeare and Performance program, tell the story of Pericles, William Shakespeare’s great romantic ...

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse presents Pericles: Prince of Tyre. Directed by Artistic Director Jeff Watkins. A dark and troubling riddle starts the heroic ...

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"Pericles" is one of the Bard's late Jacobean comedies. It’s also one of the plays considered to be co-authored by Shakespeare, and therefore not entirely original. The play does feel less like a ...

Tennessee Shakespeare Company launches its third annual Free Shout-Out Shakespeare Series on Sept. 11 with an 80-minute stage production of "Pericles, Prince of Tyre." Opening the company's 2019-20 ...

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Complex father-daughter relationships. Epic romances. Magical powers. Moral dilemmas. And splashes of comedy. These are some of the commonalities of "The Tempest" and "Pericles," the two plays chosen ...