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The Two Noble Kinsmen

by William Shakespeare, John Fletcher

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1613
Pages
126
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2 h 46 min · 5 parts

  1. Prologue and Act 1

    31:34

  2. Act 2

    32:28

  3. Act 3

    44:07

  4. Act 4

    22:58

  5. Act 5/Epilogue

    35:29

The Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) is a public domain work.

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A late collaboration between Shakespeare and John Fletcher reworks Chaucer's Knight's Tale into a drama of friendship broken by love. Palamon and Arcite are cousins and inseparable companions until, imprisoned together in Athens, both catch sight of Princess Emilia from their cell window and fall for her at once. Devotion curdles into rivalry, and the two are driven toward a tournament whose winner claims Emilia and whose loser forfeits his life. A subplot follows a jailer's daughter whose own hopeless love for Palamon tips into madness. First published in 1634 and thought to have reached the stage around 1613, it is among the last plays Shakespeare had a hand in.

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William Shakespeare, John Fletcher

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the English dramatist and poet born in Stratford-upon-Avon, needs little introduction. His collaborator John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a leading playwright of the next generation who succeeded Shakespeare as house dramatist for the King's Men and often worked alongside Francis Beaumont.

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Book facts

First published
1613
Reading time
About 110 minutes
Pages
126
Language
English
Genre
Drama
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