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Pericles, Prince of Tyre

By William Shakespeare

  • editors: Craig A. Berry, Martin Mueller, and Clifford Wulfman
  • technical editors: Jeffrey Cousens and Bill Parod
  • editorial assistants: Lawrence Berland, Hilary Bina, Katherine Gould, Kreg Segal, Nicholas Terrell

The WordHoard Shakespeare is a joint project of the Perseus Project at Tufts University, The Northwestern University Library, and Northwestern University Academic Technologies. It is derived from The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare , edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright (1891-3). The Internet Shakespeare editions of the quartos and folios have been consulted to create a modern text that observes as closely as possible the morphological and prosodic practices of the earliest editions. Spellings, especially of contracted and hyphenated forms, have been standardized across the corpus. The text has been fully lemmatized and morphosyntactically tagged.

© 2003. The copyright to The WordHoard Shakespeare is owned jointly by Northwestern University and Tufts University. The WordHoard Shakespeare is provided for free solely for non-commercial use by students, scholars, and the public. Any commercial use or publication of it, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization of the copyright holders is strictly prohibited.

The Wordhoard Shakespeare is derived from, but not identical with, The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare (1891-3) edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright.

  • Act 1

    • Act 1, Chorus 1

      Enter GOWER.

      Speakers: Gower

    • Act 1, Scene 1

      Antioch. A room in the palace.

      Speakers: Antiochus, Daughter of Antiochus, Messenger, Pericles, Thaliard

    • Act 1, Scene 2

      Tyre. A room in the palace.

      Speakers: First Lord, Helicanus, Pericles, Second Lord

    • Act 1, Scene 3

      Tyre. An ante-chamber in the Palace.

      Speakers: Helicanus, Thaliard

    • Act 1, Scene 4

      Tarsus. A room in the Governor's house.

      Speakers: All, Cleon, Dionyza, Lord, Pericles

  • Act 2

    • Act 2, Chorus 1

      Enter GOWER.

      Speakers: Gower

    • Act 2, Scene 1

      Pentapolis. An open place by the seaside.

      Speakers: First Fisherman, Pericles, Second Fisherman, Third Fisherman

    • Act 2, Scene 2

      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, c.

      Speakers: First Lord, Second Lord, Simonides, Thaisa, Third Lord

    • Act 2, Scene 3

      The same. A hall of state: a banquet prepared.

      Speakers: First Knight, Knights, Marshal, Pericles, Simonides, Thaisa

    • Act 2, Scene 4

      Tyre. A room in the Governor's house.

      Speakers: All, Escanes, First Lord, Helicanus, Second Lord, Third Lord

    • Act 2, Scene 5

      Pentapolis. A room in the palace.

      Speakers: Both, First Knight, Pericles, Second Knight, Simonides, Thaisa, Third Knight

  • Act 3

    • Act 3, Chorus 1

      Speakers: Gower

    • Act 3, Scene 1

      Enter PERICLES, on shipboard.

      Speakers: First Sailor, Lychorida, Pericles, Second Sailor

    • Act 3, Scene 2

      Ephesus. A room in Cerimon's house.

      Speakers: Cerimon, First Gentleman, First Servant, Philemon, Second Gentleman, Servant, Thaisa

    • Act 3, Scene 3

      Tarsus. A room in Cleon's house.

      Speakers: Cleon, Dionyza, Pericles

    • Act 3, Scene 4

      Ephesus. A room in Cerimon's house.

      Speakers: Cerimon, Thaisa

  • Act 4

    • Act 4, Chorus 1

      Enter GOWER.

      Speakers: Gower

    • Act 4, Scene 1

      Tarsus. An open place near the sea-shore.

      Speakers: Dionyza, First Pirate, Leonine, Marina, Second Pirate, Third Pirate

    • Act 4, Scene 2

      Mytilene. A room in a brothel.

      Speakers: Bawd, Boult, First Pirate, Marina, Pandar

    • Act 4, Scene 3

      Tarsus. A room in Clean's house.

      Speakers: Cleon, Dionyza

    • Act 4, Scene 4

      Speakers: Gower

    • Act 4, Scene 5

      Mytilene. A street before the brothel.

      Speakers: First Gentleman, Second Gentleman

    • Act 4, Scene 6

      The same. A room in the brothel.

      Speakers: Bawd, Boult, Lysimachus, Marina, Pandar

  • Act 5

    • Act 5, Chorus 1

      Enter GOWER.

      Speakers: Gower

    • Act 5, Scene 1

      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 vessel.

      Speakers: Diana, First Gentleman, First Lord, Helicanus, Lysimachus, Marina, Pericles, Tyrian Sailor

    • Act 5, Scene 2

      Enter GOWER, before the temple of DIANA at Ephesus.

      Speakers: Gower

    • Act 5, Scene 3

      Speakers: Cerimon, Helicanus, Marina, Pericles, Thaisa

    • Act 5, Chorus 2

      Enter GOWER.

      Speakers: Gower