One of Shakespeare's lesser-performed works, this is still a watchable play and it is well produced here by the BBC. It poses a number of staging problems, including three shipwrecks and a time span of twenty years. It's handled here well, however, and the result is a great production.
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Mike Gwylim), discovers the dreadful answer to King Antiochus' riddle and it sets him on a course that sees him survive famine, forced into marriage and then losing his wife and child, only for a dramatic last-minute reunion.
Gwylim is good as the stricken Pericles, and he is well-backed up by Amanda Redman as his daughter Marina and Juliet Stevenson as his wife Thaisa. Annette Crosby is on good form as the scheming Dionyza. Edward Petherbridge is also likable as Gower, the narrator.
Another good quality alternative to Shakespeare on stage.
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Mike Gwylim), discovers the dreadful answer to King Antiochus' riddle and it sets him on a course that sees him survive famine, forced into marriage and then losing his wife and child, only for a dramatic last-minute reunion.
Gwylim is good as the stricken Pericles, and he is well-backed up by Amanda Redman as his daughter Marina and Juliet Stevenson as his wife Thaisa. Annette Crosby is on good form as the scheming Dionyza. Edward Petherbridge is also likable as Gower, the narrator.
Another good quality alternative to Shakespeare on stage.