The Two Noble Kinsmen

Honor and Dignity--

Two Noble Kinsmen is based on Geoffrey Chaucer's the Knight's Tale. Three queens ask Theseus and Hippolyta to avenge the deaths of their husbands at the hands of the tyrant Creon of Thebes. Theseus agrees and wages a war that changes the fate of many those involved. The play ends with a public tournament.

Come all sad, and solemn shows,
That are quick-eyed Pleasure's foes;
We convent nought else but woes.
We convent nought else but woes.