Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

Pericles also elevated Athens’s role within the Delian League, a naval alliance of Greek city-states unified to fight the Persians. He maneuvered Athens to primacy over other league members, ...

Shakespeare’s “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” is, according to Ben Jonson, “a mouldy tale,” and, until recently, it was seldom staged. In an informal poll of dedicated New York theatre-goers ...

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But neither Pericles nor “Pericles,” which you can currently see in Chicago in a gorgeous, not-to-be-missed production from the visiting Royal Shakespeare Company, leave it there. Try this one ...

The production of “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” onstage at Shakespeare Tavern through April 1, is terrific, twisted fun. First published in 1609, the work is a wild soap opera that also evokes ...

This post was updated Feb. 27 at 9:25 p.m. Smooth sailing lies ahead for the Department of Theater’s collaborative efforts on “Pericles.” The Shakespearean play will run from Friday to March ...

Visiting from England, 'Pericles' brings graceful staging and a teary ending Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents an imported production that gives Bard’s twisty play a dreamy un-reality.

Regarding Fouad Ajami's "No Surrender" (op-ed, March 19): It was in his second speech to the Athenians, not in the funeral oration, that Pericles used the words, "I am the same as I was, and do ...

Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Pericles” runs through Dec. 7 in Chicago Shakespeare’s Courtyard Theater on Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave.; 312-595-5600 and www.chicagoshakes.com.

Pericles (Eunice Wong) marries, seemingly loses his wife (Mary Neufeld) to childbirth, then seemingly loses their daughter (Susannah Wilson), too, ...

Trevor Nunn directs Christian Camargo in the title role in this Theatre for a New Audience production of Shakespeare's rarely performed late romance. By Frank Scheck Pericles Production Still ...