Details

Written around 1601 the play is set in Troy and the Greek camp outside the walls during the great siege. Trolius loves Cressida, daughter of a Trojan priest who has defected. The siege goes on all around with tales of Ajax and Achilles but no real progress. Troilus and Cressida are parted when Cressida is exchanged for a Trojan prisoner and we leave the siege still as fruitless as ever.

Cast/Performers

Simon Armstrong, Richard Clothier, Arthur Cox, John Franklyn-Robbins, Ian Hogg, Ian Hughes, Paul Jesson, John Kane, Oliver Kieran-Jones, Julian Lewis Jones, Adam Levy, Roger May, Kate Miles, Charlotte Moore, Henry Pettigrew, Rachel Pickup, Vincent Regan, Annabel Scholey, Jeffry Wickham, Richard Wills-Cotton, David Yelland

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer(s): Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Peter Stein
Design: Ferdinand Wogerbauer
Sound: Ferdinando Nicci
Costume: Anna Maria Heinreich
Music: Arturo Annecchino