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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Pericles, Prince of Tyre canonical 3
Prince of Tyre 1

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ