description: Controversy has surrounded "Pericles" for centuries, due to the fact that critics and editors have argued that much of the play was written between 1607 and 1608 by one of Shakespeare's inferior collaborators, and that it shows in both its style and content. However, Shakespeare was clearly the driving force behind the play, and it is important to remember that it was one of the most popular plays of its time.
language: English
title: Pericles
titlecomplete: Pericles
genres: Drama, Theatre, 17th Century, Literature, Plays, Poetry, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 7928
places: Lesbos, Antioch, Tarsus, Tyre
publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold