Pericles

The heroic story of Pericles adapted for new audiences by Ellen McLaughlin.

Shakespeare's romance Pericles follows Pericles, the Prince of Tyre, on a series of adventures across the Mediterranean Sea. Navigating one heroic challenge after another, Pericles strives to be reunited with his wife and child. Ellen McLaughlin's translation of Pericles illuminates Shakespeare's text, untangling syntax and bringing forth the poetry of the verse. An encounter between the contemporary and the iconic, this translation brings the play to life as audiences would have experienced it in Shakespeare's time.

This translation of Pericles was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present work from "The Bard" in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare's verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print--a new First Folio for a new era.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance S
Published: 06/05/2022
ISBN: 9780866987790
Pages: 130
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 53872 / Pericles
Reading Level: 8.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 3