Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
T.S. Eliot's poem "Marina" is inspired by Pericles (source).
Shakespeare's daughter Susanna gave birth to a baby girl around February 1608, right around the time Pericles was written. Some scholars think that's why the play is obsessed with father-daughter relationships and the dangers of childbirth (source).
Shakespeare may have co-written Pericles with a dude named George Wilkins (source).
Pericles used to be crazy popular in the 17th century. It was published at least 5 times within a 30-year period (source).
Pericles was the first Shakespeare play to be staged after the Restoration, when the theaters reopened after being closed by Cromwell (source).