What is Pericles, Prince of Tyre?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Pericles 1609.jpg|thumb|Title page, 1609]] '''''Pericles, Prince of Tyre''''' is a [[Play (theatre)|play]] by [[William Shakespeare]]. It is a [[comedy]]. Shakespeare's source was ''[[The Patterne of Painefull Adventures]]'' (1576) by [[Lawrence Twine]]. ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'' was probably first acted between 1608 and 1609. It was probably first printed in [[quarto]] form in 1609.<ref>[http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-pericles-prince-of-tyre.htm ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'']</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{William Shakespeare|state=collapsed}} [[Category:Plays by William Shakespeare]] [[Category:1600s plays]] {{lit-stub}}