PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE

by William Shakespeare

Contents

ACT I
[Chorus. Before the palace of Antioch]
[Scene I. Antioch. A room in the palace]
[Scene II. Tyre. A room in the palace]
[Scene III. Tyre. An ante-chamber in the Palace]
[Scene IV. Tarsus. A room in the Governor’s house]
ACT II
[Chorus. Chorus]
[Scene I. Pentapolis. An open place by the seaside]
[Scene II. The same. A public way, or platform leading to the lists]
[Scene III. The same. A hall of state: a banquet prepared]
[Scene IV. Tyre. A room in the Governor’s house]
[Scene V. Pentapolis. A room in the palace]
ACT III
[Chorus. Chorus]
[Scene I. On shipboard]
[Scene II. Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house]
[Scene III. Tarsus. A room in Cleon’s house]
[Scene IV. Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house]
ACT IV
[Chorus. Chorus]
[Scene I. Tarsus. An open place near the seashore]
[Scene II. Mytilene. A room in a brothel]
[Scene III. Tarsus. A room in Cleon’s house]
[Scene IV. Before the monument of Marina at Tarsus]
[Scene V. Mytilene. A street before the brothel]
[Scene VI. The same. A room in the brothel]
ACT V
[Chorus. Chorus]
[Scene I. On board Pericles’ ship, off Mytilene]
[Scene II. Before the temple of Diana at Ephesus]
[Scene III. The temple of Diana at Ephesus]

Dramatis Personæ

ANTIOCHUS, king of Antioch.
PERICLES, prince of Tyre.
HELICANUS, ESCANES, two lords of Tyre.
SIMONIDES, king of Pentapolis.
CLEON, governor of Tarsus.
LYSIMACHUS, governor of Mytilene.
CERIMON, a lord of Ephesus.
THALIARD, a lord of Antioch.
PHILEMON, servant to Cerimon.
LEONINE, servant to Dionyza.
Marshal.
A Pandar.
BOULT, his servant.
The Daughter of Antiochus.
DIONYZA, wife to Cleon.
THAISA, daughter to Simonides.
MARINA, daughter to Pericles and Thaisa.
LYCHORIDA, nurse to Marina.
A Bawd.
Lords, Knights, Gentlemen, Sailors, Pirates, Fishermen, and Messengers.
DIANA.
GOWER, as Chorus.

SCENE: Dispersedly in various countries.

ACT I

Enter Gower.