Shakespeare plays PERICLES, a prince

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Pericles dressed in classical style. He is dripping wet, and wraps his arms around himself in an effort to keep warm

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Pericles is on the run from a death-threat. Now he is shipwrecked and half-drowned. Things are not going well - and this is only the start of his troubles.
Pericles
Act 2 Scene 1

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What Cerimon said
about Pericles:

"If thou livest, Pericles, thou hast
a heart that even cracks for woe."

Pericles
Act 3 Scene 2