Told that she has died, a grief-stricken Pericles rediscovers her. Fourteen years later, Marina, kidnapped by pirates, is sold to a brothel, but her eloquence protects her. Her coffin drifts ashore at Ephesus, where she is revived and becomes a priestess of Diana.Pericles leaves the baby Marina with the king and queen of Tarsus. Thaisa bears a daughter, Marina, at sea, but apparently dies. With Thaisa pregnant, she and Pericles sail for Tyre. In Pentapolis, Pericles wins a tournament and marries the king’s daughter, Thaisa. When Pericles learns that she and the king, her father, are lovers, he flees for his life.Pericles brings grain to Tarsus during a famine, but loses his ships and men in a storm. Gower explains that Pericles, Prince of Tyre, hopes to win the hand of a princess in Antioch. ![]() ![]() Entire Play The nautical tale of a wandering prince, Pericles is narrated by John Gower, a poet from the English past.
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