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Troilus
and Cressida
by
William Shakespeare
Performed
at
The National Theatre, London
Opened at the Olivier Theatre
on 15th March 1999
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| Roger
Allam as Ulysses |
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CAST: |
Prologue |
David
Weston |
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The
Trojans |
Priam,
King of Troy |
Oscar
James |
Hector |
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Priam's
Sons |
Dhobi
Oparei |
Paris |
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Chu
Omambala |
Deiphobus |
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Mark
Springer |
Helenus |
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Vernon
Douglas |
Troilus |
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Peter
de Jersey |
Margarelon,
a bastard son of Priam |
Michael
Wildman |
Aeneas,
a Trojan general |
Andrew
French |
Cassandra,
Priam's daughter |
Jax
Williams |
Andromache,
Hector's wife |
Sara
Powell |
Cressida |
Sophie
Okonedo |
Calchas,
Cressida's father, a priest,
deserted to the Greeks |
Ruddy
L Davis |
Pandarus,
Cressida's uncle |
David
Bamber |
Alexander,
Cressida's servant |
Gilz
Terara |
A
servant of Troilus |
Claudia
Cadette |
A
servant of Paris |
Michael
Wildman |
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The
Greeks |
Agamemnon,
the leader of the Greeks |
Oliver
Cotton |
Menelaus,
his brother |
David
Burt |
Helen,
Menelaus' wife |
Aislinn
Sands |
Achilles |
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Greek
Princes |
Raymond
Coulthard |
Ajax |
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Simon
Day |
Ulysses |
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Roger
Allam |
Nestor |
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Denis
Quilley |
Diomedes |
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Alex
Hanson |
Patroclus |
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Daniel
Evans |
Thersites |
Jasper
Britton |
A
servant of Diomedes |
Mark
Umbers |
A
Myrmidon |
John
Nolan |
| Princes,
Myrmidons and Soldiers |
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David
Arneil, Robert Burt,
Martin Chamberlain, Jim Creighton, Jack
James, Samantha Lavender,
Liam McKenna, Charles Millham, John Nolan,
Mark Umbers,
David Weston |
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| TECHNICAL
TEAM: |
| Director |
Trevor
Nunn |
| Designer |
Rob
Howell |
| Lighting
Designer |
Paul
Pyant |
| Music |
Gary
Yershon |
| Fight
Director |
Malcolm
Ranson |
| Movement
and dance |
Lucie
Pankhurst |
| Sound
Designer |
Colin
Pink |
| Company
Voice Work |
Patsy
Rodenburg |
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| What's
This Play About? |
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| Shakespeare's
Troilus and Cressida is one of the most
philosophical works of the 17th-century.
Its central idea - a study of human values
- is powerfully focused in its central
event: the war between the Greeks and
Trojans over the abduction of the beautiful,
legendary Helen. The
Greek camp is by turns wily, cynical,
stupid and profound. Within the walls
of Troy, the culture is defined by
codes of honour and romantic chivalry.
These two views of life are pitted
against each other in a series of
brilliantly argued scenes, throughout
which the central character of Troilus
is wrenched and divided, culminating
in his bitter loss of Cressida to
the Greeks.
Shakespeare personifies
his arguments with the most extraordinary
array of characters - a whole host
of legendary Greek and Trojan heroes,
re-invented in all-too-frail human
form - and offers one of the finest
ensemble pieces ever written. |
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