This once-unloved play has become both a study of asylum seekers and a show for kids. It still has a potent theatrical magicBen Jonson thought Pericles "a mouldy tale", and few have been moved to disagree. But this late romance has its delights. One is the moment at the start of Act Three, when you can actually hear Shakespeare taking over from his unknown collaborator with "The god of this great vast …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AM on May 6, 2014