num_pages: 346
description: Shakespeare's tragic and comic dramatization of the Trojan War endures in one of his most intriguing plays. Shakespeare's portrayal of the snares of young love set against a backdrop of a senseless and endless war can be fully appreciated for the beauty of its verse and the profundity of its themes.
language: English
title: Troilus and Cressida
titlecomplete: Troilus and Cressida
characters: Helenus, Alexander, Margareton, Paris, Ajax, Agamemnon, Aeneas, Troilus, Hector of Troy, Troilus's servant, Menelaus, Thersites, Helen of Troy, Paris's servant, Andromache, Cassandra, Antenor, Criseyde, Priam, Calchas, Pandarus, Achilles, Patroclus, Odysseus, Diomedes, Nestor, Deiphobus, Diomedes's servant
genres: Theatre, Drama, Classics, British Literature, Plays, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literature, 17th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 11119
places: Troy
publisher: Simon & Schuster