James Wilson takes a look at Pericles from Fiasco Theater:
For Shakespearian scholars, Pericles, Prince of Tyre remains a profoundly enigmatic work. While some historians have attributed sole authorship to Shakespeare, most now agree that he wrote about half of the play (with the other half written in collaboration with dramatist and folklorist George Wilkins). However, the question of authorship is just one of the play's thorny issues. Structurally, the text seems fragmentary and disjointed as the episodic scenes traverse several locales and span about two decades. Additionally, while classified as a tragicomedy, even by Jacobean standards, the coincidences are practically farcical. |
