Presents a collection of three of Shakespeare's plays--"Pericles, Prince of Tyre," "The Two noblemen," and "Cymbeline."

The plays collected here follow: the journeys of Pericles, Prince of Tyre; the political and romantic betrayals of Cymbeline - a chieftain of ancient times; and

Constance Jordan looks at how Shakespeare, through his romances, contributed to the cultural debates over the nature of monarchy in Jacobean England. Stressing