Pericles, Prince of Tyre
When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter, and doesn't find them again until the st...
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"One of the great theatrical experiences of my life was the production of Pericles, directed by Toby Robertson for the Jean Cocteau Repertory in New York City. It won the OBIE for 1981. It was fast paced; the actors enunciated and understood what the lines meant. In contrast, the BBC production drags, and the actors garble the lines. Almost all of the dialogue in Pericles is in poetry -- pentameter. A few of the minor actors did a good job, but most of them broke up the lines and attempted to substitute emotion for meaning. They would speak in a low voice, then yell, then sob, all the while mak..."
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Director David Hugh Jones used a lot of long shots in this episode to try to create the sense of a small person taking in a vast world.
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When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter, and doesn't find them again until the st...