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Aerialist (Victoria McManus). Photo: Andy Bradshaw

Having discovered a dangerous secret at the court of ntichus, Pericles is forced to flee his own kingdom and wander the world. He arrives, shipwrecked, in pentapolis, where he is saved by a fisherman and wins Princess Thaisa for his wife.

Shortly afterwards, however, Thaisa dies at sea giving birth to a child: Marina. Pericles fosters this daughter to a friend. When Marina is also reported dead some years later, he falls into a speechless grief. The story culminates in the redemption of the long-suffering Pericles through a series of seeming miracles.

Creative Team

Master of Play: Kathryn Hunter
Master of Design: Liz Cooke
Master of Music/Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Master of Physical Play: Marcello Magni
Master of Dance: Éva Magyar
Master of Aerial Choreography: John Paul Zaccarini
Master of the Words: Giles Block
Master of Movement: Glynn MacDonald
Master of Voice: Stewart Pearce

Cast

Jude Akuwudike: Antiochus / Fisherman/ Pirate/ Lysimachus/ Philemon
Matt Costain: Aerialist/ Thalliard/ Leonine/ Sailor/ Knight/ Gentleman/ Lord
Harry Gostelow: Cleon/ Fisherman/ Pandar
Iisa Ilona Jäntti: Aerialist/ Knight/ Whore
Matilda Leyser: Aerialist/ Antiochus’ Daughter/ Fisherman/ Whore/ Diana
Robert Lučkay: Pericles the Younger/ Priest
Marcello Magni: Helicanus/Simonides/ Boult
Victoria McManus: Aerialist/ Captain/ Knight/ Tourist
Jules Melvin: Lychorida/ Bawd
Patrice Naiambana: Gower/ Cerimon
Alex Poulter: Aerialist/ Sailor/ Knight/ Tourist/ Pirate/ Lord
Corin Redgrave: Pericles the Elder
Laura Rees: Marina
Hilary Tones: Dionyza/ Thaisa/ Greek woman
Aaron Walker: Aerialist/ Sailor/ Knight/ Messenger/ Pirate

Discover the Play

• Discover the actors' experiences making the production in Adopt An Actor:

- Harry Gostelow as Cleon
- Marcello Magni as Helicanus
- Laura Rees as Marina
- Robert Luckay as Young Pericles

Pericles was performed in 2005, as part of the Season of the World and the Underworld.