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Two Noble Kinsmen is a quirky
and ingenious tragicomedy of misguided men and the women they lead astray
in their hopeless quests for love. Their wayward journeys create a predicament
that can only be resolved by the gods. Co-written by Shakespeare and John
Fletcher and based on "The Knight's Tale" from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Through prison and exile, artifice and escape, the two Kinsmen of the title,
Arcite and Palamon, contend for the hand of fair Emilia. In the comical
subplot, the lovelorn Jailer's daughter goes |
