Troilus & Cressida (Lopez-Morillas)| Troilus & Cressida |
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Period written: 1600-1608
First known performance: 1898 (for Ludwig II of Bavaria) The play is set during the Trojan War, and essentially has two plots. In one Troilus, a Trojan prince, woos Cressida, has sex with her, and professes never-dying love just before she is traded with the Greeks for a prisoner of war. Trying to visit her in the Greek camp, he sees her with Diomedes, and decides she is a whore. Despite being the titular story, this plot takes up very few scenes: most of the play revolves around a scheme by Nestor and Ulysses to get the prideful Achilles back into battle to fight for the Greeks. The play ends with a series of battle skirmishes between the two sides, and the death of the Trojan hero Hector. Discuss this play in our forums.
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