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Troilus and Cressida

By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Ian Pepperell, Julia Ford
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Summary

Lust poses as love and ambition as patriotism in this dark and brilliant play depicting the heroic action of the Trojan War.

Troy is besieged by the invading Greeks, but the young Trojan prince Troilus can think only of his love for Cressida. Her uncle Pandarus brings the two together, but after only one night news comes that Cressida must be sent to the enemy camp. There, as Troilus looks on, she yields to the wooing of the Greek Diomedes. The tragic story is undercut by the commentary of Thersites, who provides a cynical chorus.
Public Domain (P)2014 Blackstone Audio
Shakespeare Classics Greece
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Shakespeare in surly mood or a classic debunked

Disillusionment is the keynote here. Man full of sound and fury signifying....Not much at all.

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