Read the full text of Pericles Act 4 Prologue with a side-by-side translation HERE.
- Fast-forward several years.
- Gower comes out on stage and tells us about Marina. The kid has grown up to be quite a beauty. Plus, she's supertalented and popular and everyone in Tharsus loves her.
- Naturally, her wicked foster mom (Dionyza) wants to have Marina murdered because she's taking all the attentionaway from her biological daughter, Philoten.
- We find out Dionyza has had Marina's beloved nurse Lychorida killed.