Shakespeare Globe

Troilus & Cressida

by William Shakespeare

12 July - 20 September

Love and war

A war caused by one love affair destroys another.
Seven years have passed since the Greeks first began their siege of Troy to recapture Helen, and on the Trojan side of the walls the beautiful Cressida, aided and abetted by her hilariously intriguing uncle Pandarus, has embarked upon a passionate love affair with Prince Troilus. When Cressida is forced to join her treacherous father in the Greek camp, can their love survive a difficult separation or will it join the other casualties of war?

Shakespeare fills his ancient tale with savage comedy, great passion, vivid characters and all the heat and sweat of a long and painful campaign. He seems never more modern than in dealing with the subject of a tragic love pursued in the midst of a pointless war.

Olivier Award-winner Matthew Kelly's recent credits include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (West End).

This production will evoke classical costumes and settings.

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