BBC Television Shakespeare Season 1 Episode 34 Pericles, Prince of Tyre 1978
Prince Pericles, visiting Antioch, solves King Antiochus's riddle to his daughter's suitors - the answer is that the King has had an incestuous relationship with his daughter. Pericles realizes he must escape to Tyre, and from there he goes to Tarsus to relieve a famine. Pursued by Antiochus's men, his ship is wrecked on the shores of Pentapolis and he marries Thaisa, the daughter of its King. Thaisa gives birth to a daughter, Marina, at sea, and in a great storm Thaisa is thrown overboard in a sea-chest. Coming to land at Ephesus, she believes Pericles is drowned and becomes a priestess of Diana.Pericles arranges for Marina to be brought up by Cleon of Tarsus and his wife Dionyza, and returns to Tyre. Fourteen years go by, and Dionyza, jealous of Marina, is about to have her murdered, when Marina is kidnapped by pirates, who send her to a brothel in Mytilene. Cleon tells Pericles that Marina is dead. Meanwhile, in Mytilene Marina's purity triumphs, startling the governor of the city,
- Released: 1984-12-08
- Runtime: 150 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Stars:
- Director: Shaun Sutton
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1. Romeo and Juliet 1978-12-03
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2. King Richard the Second 1978-12-10
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3. As You Like It 1978-12-17
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4. Julius Caesar 1979-02-11
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5. Measure For Measure 1979-02-18
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6. King Henry the Eighth 1979-02-25
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7. King Henry the Fourth, Part I 1979-12-09
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8. King Henry the Fourth, Part II 1979-12-16
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9. King Henry the Fifth 1979-12-23
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10. Twelfth Night, or, What You Will 1980-01-06
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11. The Tempest 1980-02-27
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12. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 1980-02-27
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13. The Taming of the Shrew 1980-10-23
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14. The Merchant of Venice 1980-02-17
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15. All's Well That Ends Well 1981-01-04
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16. The Winter's Tale 1981-02-08
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17. Timon of Athens 1981-04-16
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18. Antony and Cleopatra 1981-05-08
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19. Othello 1981-10-04
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20. Troilus and Cressida 1981-11-07
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21. A Midsummer Night's Dream 1981-12-13
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22. King Lear 1982-09-19
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23. The Merry Wives of Windsor 1982-12-28
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24. King Henry the Sixth, Part I 1983-01-02
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25. King Henry the Sixth, Part II 1983-01-09
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26. King Henry the Sixth, Part III 1983-01-16
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27. The Tragedy of King Richard the Third 1983-01-23
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28. Cymbeline 1983-07-10
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29. Macbeth 1983-11-05
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30. The Comedy of Errors 1983-12-24
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31. The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1983-12-27
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32. The Tragedy of Coriolanus 1984-04-21
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33. The Life and Death of King John 1984-11-24
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34. Pericles, Prince of Tyre 1984-12-08
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35. Much Ado About Nothing 1984-12-22
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36. Love's Labour's Lost 1985-01-05
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37. Titus Andronicus 1985-04-27
