“‘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 ...

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Shakespeare's brilliant late romance continues the 2025 festival's sweep into the mythic. The first half of this rarely performed play follows Prince Pericles' incredible journey through multiple ...

Jo Vito Ramírez as Young Pericles (left) and Brittany Onukwugha as Young Thaisa (right) in Shakespeare in Clark Park’s production of "Pericles, Prince of Tyre," a romance. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) When ...

When Tamara Harvey decided that Pericles would be the first play she’d direct as the new co-artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, it seemed a shocking choice. After all, scholars agree ...

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Let’s just say this right up front: no one is sure how much of “Pericles” was actually written by Shakespeare. The majority of the play is so far from Shakespeare’s style, in fact, that many scholars ...

Midway through, “Pericles” finds its sea legs, mostly because the action shifts to Pericles’s daughter, Marina, played by the luminous Emily Young. This also signals the play’s move away from struggle ...

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