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.