About this episode
Welcome to the premiere episode of the Play On Podcasts Series Pericles . Synopsis: Young Pericles, Prince of Tyre, travels from his home to the distant and dangerous realm of Antioch to solve a tricky riddle in order to win Antiochus’s beautiful daughter. Instead, he wins the wrath of Antiochus himself and flees home empty handed, fearing not only for his life but for the safety of his people. Following the counsel of his most trusted advisor, Helicanus, in whom he entrusts all affairs of State, Pericles boards a peace vessel bound for Tarsus, where he finds a desperate and starving people. Meanwhile, an assassin sent by Antiochus is foiled in his attempt to kill Pericles in Tyre. Play On Podcasts Series Pericles is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare. The Cast: KEITH DAVID as Pericles KATHLEEN CHALFANT as Gower JOHANNA DAY as Lychorida, Diana, and The Bawd JOHN KEATING as Helicanus and Philemon JENNIE GREENBERRY as Marina and Antiochus’s Daughter AMY WASCHKE as Dionyza and Thaisa JEFF KING as Antiochus, Simonides and Pandar BARZIN AKHAVAN as Cerimon and Thaliard TOMMY SCHRIDER as Lysimachus and Leonine BENJAMIN BONENFANT as Bolt, Messenger, Fisherman, Knight, Pirate, Sailor, Servant and Lord ORLANDO PABOTOY as Cleon, Messenger, Fisherman, Knight, Pirate, Sailor, Servant and Lord CHRISTIANA CLARK as Messenger, Fisherman, Knight, Pirate, Sailor, Ship’s Master, Servant and Lord Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices