ANTIOCHUS – King of Antioch
PERICLES – Prince of Tyre
HELICANUS, ESCANES – two lords of Tyre
SIMONIDES – King of Pentapolis
CLEON – governor of Tharsus
LYSIMACHUS – governor of Mitylene
CERIMON – a lord of Ephesus
THALIARD – a lord of Antioch
PHILEMON – servant to CERIMON
LEONINE – servant to DIONYZA
Marshall
A pander
BOULT – the pander’s servant
Gower – as chorus
The daughter of ANTIOCHUS
DIONYZA – wife to CLEON
THAISA – daughter to Simonides
MARINA – daughter to PERICLES and THAISA
LYCHORIDA – nurse to MARINA
DIANA
A bawd
Lords, ladies, knights, gentlemen, sailors, pirates, fishermen, and messengers
PLAY
Dispersedly in various countries.
ACT I
Prologue: Before the palace of Antioch.
Scene i: Antioch. A room in the palace.
Scene ii: Tyre. A room in the palace.
Scene iii: Tyre. An ante-chamber in the palace.
Scene iv: Tharsus. A room in the governor’s house.
ACT II
Prologue
Scene i: Pentapolis. An open place by the sea-side.
Scene ii: Pentapolis. A public way. A pavilion by the side of it.
Scene iii: Pentapolis. A hall of state; a banquet prepared.
Scene iv: Tyre. A room in the governor’s house.
Scene v: Pentapolis. A room in the palace.
ACT III
Prologue
Scene i: On a ship at sea.
Scene ii: Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house.
Scene iii: Tharsus. A room in Cleon’s house.
Scene iv: Ephesus. A room in Cerimon’s house.
ACT IV
Prologue
Scene i: Tharsus. An open place by the sea-shore.
Scene ii: Mitylene. A room in a brothel.
Scene iii: Tharsus. A room in Cleon’s house.
Scene iv: Mitylene. A street before the brothel.
Scene v: Mitylene. A room in a brothel.
ACT V
Prologue
Scene i: On board Pericles’ ship, off Mitylene.
Scene ii: The temple of Dianaat Ephesus.
Act I: Scene iii
THALIARD: So, this is Tyre, and this the court. Here I must kill King Pericles; and if I do it not, I am sure to be hanged at home: ’tis dangerous. – Well, I perceive he was a wise fellow, and had good discretion, that, being bid to ask what he would of the king, desired he might know none of his secrets. Now do I see he had some reason for’t: for if a king bid a man to be a villain, he is bound by the indenture of his oath to be one. – Hush! here come the lords of Tyre.
