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

Watching “Pericles” Friday night in a rapt crowd of fellow Chicagoans, all clearly delighted that the RSC has come back in town for the first time in some 30 years, I was struck by how even ...

Cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities have impacted groups around the country, including a theater company in Denver that gives disabled actors and audiences the chance to participate.

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

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 ...

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.

With ‘Pericles,’ the Royal Shakespeare Company and Chicago Shakes begin a new transatlantic collaboration Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...

The last time I watched Fiasco Theater take on Shakespeare in the cozy brick box of Classic Stage Company, it was December 2017.In the words of Pericles, the hero of the play the company’s doing ...

Pericles' insistence on building the fortified corridors from Athens to its naval port of Piraeus doomed the relationship. The walls stretched about 7km (4.3 miles), ...

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