The Two Noble Kinsmen

by William Shakespeare from c. 1613–14

About

Cousins Palamon and Arcite, imprisoned after battle, fall simultaneously in love with the same woman, Emilia, seen from their cell window. A tournament is arranged to settle which cousin wins her hand, but fate intervenes with a tragic accident that gives victory to one and consolation to the other.

The Two Noble Kinsmen

Characters: 42
Words: 21.5k
Acts: 5
Duration: ~2 hr 41 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines

1

PALAMON

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152

2

ARCITE

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138

3

THESEUS

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75

4

DAUGHTER

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71

5

EMILIA

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70

6

JAILER

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64

7

WOOER

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41

8

PIRITHOUS

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39

25 sections

21.5k words

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1

Scene 1

410:18

Act 1

2

Act 1 Scene 1

1.6k11:46

3

Act 1 Scene 2

9316:59

4

Act 1 Scene 3

7825:52

5

Act 1 Scene 4

4003:00

6

Act 1 Scene 5

500:23

Act 2

7

Act 2 Scene 1

4723:32

8

Act 2 Scene 2

2.3k17:29

9

Act 2 Scene 3

7105:20

10

Act 2 Scene 4

2872:09

11

Act 2 Scene 5

5113:50

12

Act 2 Scene 6

3492:37

Act 3

13

Act 3 Scene 1

1k7:33

14

Act 3 Scene 2

3372:32

15

Act 3 Scene 3

4743:33

16

Act 3 Scene 4

1631:13

17

Act 3 Scene 5

1.2k8:54

18

Act 3 Scene 6

2.6k19:26

Act 4

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Act 4 Scene 1

1.3k9:41

20

Act 4 Scene 2

9036:46

21

Act 4 Scene 3

8426:19

Act 5

22

Act 5 Scene 1

1.1k8:11

23

Act 5 Scene 2

9917:26

24

Act 5 Scene 3

1.1k8:06

25

Act 5 Scene 4

1.1k8:30

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