The Late RomancesPericles The first of Shakespeare’s late romances moves spectacularly from one dramatic period to another as the hero, Pericles, sails off to adventure and love, and experiences what for him is a miracle. Cymbeline A favorite romantic drama, this play of a wife unjustly accused of faithlessness moves from a world of intrigue and slander to one of reconciliation and forgiveness, and contains two of Shakespeare’s most poignantly beautiful songs. The Winter's Tale From a darkly melodramatic beginning to a joyous pastoral ending, this romance of a jealous king and his long-suffering queen is superb entertainment, with revelations, plot twists, and a final compelling theatrical moment of discovery. The Tempest This tale of the exiled Duke of Milan, marooned on an enchanted island, is so richly filled with music and magic, romance and comedy, that its theme of love and reconciliation offers a splendid feast for the senses and the heart. |
Contents
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Date and Text | 143 |
Further Reading | 181 |
Cymbeline on Stage | 199 |
Date and Text | 385 |
Further Reading | 419 |
Introduction | 425 |
The Winters Tale on Screen | 443 |
Date and Text | 591 |
Further Reading | 633 |
The Tempest on Stage | 653 |
The Tempest on Screen | 667 |
Date and Text | 787 |
Further Reading | 809 |
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The Late Romances: Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest William Shakespeare No preview available - 1988 |
Common terms and phrases
ALONSO Ambrogiuolo Antigonus Antiochus ANTONIO Apollonius Ariel ARVIRAGUS AUTOLYCUS BAWD BELARIUS Bellaria Bernabò beseech Bohemia BOLT Britain Caliban called CAMILLO CERIMON Cleon CLOTEN CLOWN court Cymbeline daughter dead death DIONYZA Dorastus doth Egistus Enter Exeunt Exit eyes father Fawnia fear Ferdinand FLORIZEL fortune garments GENTLEMAN give gods GONZALO Gower grace GUIDERIUS hast hath hear heart heaven HELICANUS Hermione honor i'th IACHIMO Imogen King King's lady Leonatus LEONTES live look lord Lucius LYSIMACHUS Marina master means Miranda mistress Mytilene nature never night noble o'th on't Pandosto PAULINA Pentapolis Perdita Pericles Pisanio play play's POLIXENES Posthumus pray Prince prithee PROSPERO Queen Roman royal scene SEBASTIAN servant Shakespeare SHEPHERD ship Sicilia SIMONIDES sorrow speak spirits stage STEPHANO strange Stratford-upon-Avon Sycorax tell Tempest Thaisa Tharsia theater thee thing thou art thought Trinculo Tyre unto villain wife wind Winter's Tale