Over the past two decades there has been a resurgence of theatrical interest in Shakespeare\'s Pericles, which has been rescued from comparative neglect and is now frequently performed.
The result is a more enthusiatic view of Pericles than that of other editions..
Instead they show the play to be a unified aesthetic experience.
Doreen DelVecchio and Antony Hammond reject the critical orthodoxies of a corrupt text and divided authorship.
This development is charted in the introduction to this edition, which differs radically from any other currently available.
Over the past two decades there has been a resurgence of theatrical interest in Shakespeare\'s Pericles, which has been rescued from comparative neglect and is now frequently performed