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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.