One of Shakespeare’s most notoriously difficult and cynical plays, labelled a ‘Problem Comedy’, ‘Troilus and Cressida’ has perplexed critics and theatre directors, and after Shakespeare’s lifetime it was not performed again until 1907. In many ways the play’s difficulty is a surprise – the story of Troilus and Cressida was a popular theme, drawn from Homer’s Iliad and Chaucer’s own Troilus and Criseyde, as was its classical setting, the Greek siege of Troy, led by Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax, Diomedes and Ulysses.
Weight | 0.25 kg |
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ISBN | 9780140707410 |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication Year | 1987 |
Pages | 252 |
Format | Paperback |