Fixing the Gap

    My partner, Tyler, and I are concluding Perciles' fourteen year separation from Marina to be full of political struggle, rebellion, famine, and plagues in Tyre. We plan on portraying Helicanus as a good person with good intentions, but a bad leader/ruler when Pericles returns. The first and only scene we are adding to fix the gap begins with Gower and Diane (the goddess) entering the stage from a place of higher ground. Both would be discussing their observations on Tyre as they look down from their standing place. As they speak and look below, a dumb show could be playing to demonstrate protest and starvation (similar to Tarsus' famine earlier in the play). Gower could explain how Helicanus wasn't able to successfully keep Tyre stable during Pericles' leave. While Diane could mention how her fellow gods were ruthless in allowing a series of misfortune occur to Pericles and his land. Without giving too much away, those would be the focus of the narration part of bridging the gap. We also plan to add some lines to Marina in the point of the play when she is explaining her to family history to Pericles trying to convince him that she is Marina. We want to exaggerate her virtuous character by having her mention that her father's absence probably had meaningful and valid reasons for not being able to come back. This would allow Marina to display her forgiveness to her father for being gone for fourteen years. Most people would react with anger or hatred, but since Marina is the most virtuous of them, she responds with care and concern for others.