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The Two Noble Kinsmen
William Shakespeare
Two cousins and best friends, Palamon and Arcite, are imprisoned in Athens where they both fall in love with the same woman, Emilia, turning their lifelong bond into a deadly rivalry. It is a collaboration between Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on Chaucer's The Knight's Tale.
Palamon, Arcite, Emilia, Theseus
First Performance: 1613, at Blackfriars Theatre, London
A tragicomedy that combines medieval chivalry with Jacobean spectacle.
Original Actors: Unknown
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