This classic play by William Shakespeare tells the story of two cousins, Palamon and Arcite, who are both noblemen from Athens. After a chance encounter, the two become rivals for the love of the beautiful Emilia. As their rivalry intensifies, they find themselves in a battle of
The Two Noble Kinsmen is a Jacobean tragicomedy, first published in 1634 and attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Its plot derives from "The Knight's Tale" in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1387–1400), which had already been dramatised at least twice before, and itself was a shortened version of Boccaccio's epic poem Teseida. This play is believed to have been originally performed in 1613–1614, making it William Shakespeare's final play before he retired to Stratford-upon-Avon, where he died in 1616.