Troilus and Cressida

Synopsis: Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company/The Wooster Group staging of Troilus and Cressida. The US cast play the Trojans (who are presented as beseiged Native American Indians) and the RSC cast play the Greeks.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2012

General: Rupert Goold was originally scheduled to direct the RSC cast but had to pull out because of filming commitments in the US,
History: The production transferred to the Roundhouse, London.
Reviews: "... Politically, there is something questionable about modern white Americans appropriating past tribal customs; and, however authentic the war cries and dances, the actors can’t help resembling extras in a Bob Hope western...". Michael Billington (The Guardian) 9 August 2011.

Paul Prescott at: http://bloggingshakespeare.com/year-of-shakespeare-troilus-and-cressida-rsc

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

Scott Shephard	Troilus
Marin Ireland	Cressida
Greg Mehrten	Pandarus
Scott Handy	Ulysses
Ari Fliakos	Hector
Bruce Odland	Priam, King of Troy
Danny Webb	Agamemnon
Elizabeth LeCompte	director for The Wooster Group
Gary Wilmes	Paris
Jibz Cameron	Cassandra
Joe Dixon	Achilles
Laura Hopkins	production design for RSC
Lim Jennifer	Andromache
Mark Ravenhill	director for RSC
Studio Folkert de Jong	costumes for The Wooster Group
Studio Folkert de Jong	production design for The Wooster Group
Zbigniew Bzymek	Antenor

British Universities Film & Video Council