From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern definitive edition of Shakespeare's great
tragedy of love and war. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate this unique edition
presents a historical overview of Troilus and Cressida in performance takes a detailed look at
specific productions and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews
with two leading directors - Trevor Nunn and Michael Boyd - providing an illuminating insight
into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes
an essay on Shakespeare's career and Elizabethan theatre and enables the reader to understand
the play as it was originally intended - as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed. Ideal
for students theatre-goers actors and general readers the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a
fresh accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works
for the twenty-first century.
