Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Synopsis

Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play probably not written solely by William Shakespeare.  Pericles, the young ruler of  Tyre escapes from Antiochus, King of Antioch, to avoid getting killed by him for a controversial riddle. En-route, he helps by giving grain to Tarsus, a famine affected city being ruled by Cleon. A storm reaches him Pentapolis, ruled by Simonedes. Winning a tournament announced by the King reward him to marry Thaisa, daughter of  Simonedes. On his way to return to Tyre, Thaisa gives birth to Marina and a storm separates the family from each other. Could the family  reunite?

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