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Pericles, Prince of Tyre

  • Dramatis Personae.
  • Act 1
    • Scene 1. Antioch. A room in the palace.
    • Scene 2. Tyre. A room in the palace.
    • Scene 3. Tyre. An ante-chamber in the palace.
    • Scene 4. Tarsus. A room in the Governor's house.
  • Act 2
    • Scene 1. Pentapolis. An open place by the sea-side.
    • Scene 2. The same. A public way or platform leading to the
    • Scene 3. The same. A hall of state: a banquet prepared.
    • Scene 4. Tyre. A room in the Governor's house.
    • Scene 5. Pentapolis. A room in the palace.
  • Act 3
    • Scene 1. Enter PERICLES, on shipboard
    • Scene 2. Ephesus. A room in CERIMON's house.
    • Scene 3. Tarsus. A room in CLEON's house.
    • Scene 4. Ephesus. A room in CERIMON's house.
  • Act 4
    • Scene 1. Tarsus. An open place near the sea-shore.
    • Scene 2. Mytilene. A room in a brothel.
    • Scene 3. Tarsus. A room in CLEON's house.
    • Scene 4. Enter GOWER, before the monument of MARINA at Tarsus
    • Scene 5. Mytilene. A street before the brothel.
    • Scene 6. The same. A room in the brothel.
  • Act 5
    • Scene 1. On board PERICLES' ship, off Mytilene. A close
    • Scene 2. Enter GOWER, before the temple of DIANA at Ephesus
    • Scene 3. The temple of Diana at Ephesus; THAISA standing
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    'A king's daughter?' Act 5, scene 1 of Pericles. From the Booklovers Edition, 1901.