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Troilus and Cressida

Chapter 2: Dramatis Personæ
By William Shakespeare
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Set amid the siege of Troy, the drama follows a young Trojan nobleman whose illicit romance with a woman linked to the enemy becomes entangled with political maneuvering and shifting loyalties. Scenes alternate between the besieged city and the Greek camp, juxtaposing romantic idealism with cynical realism: declarations of love confront military ambition, honor yields to opportunism, and famed warriors reveal vanity and self-interest. The tone moves from comic banter to bitter satire and sombre disillusionment, probing fidelity, reputation, rhetoric, and the corrosive effects of war on private affections and public duty.

Contents

ACT I
Prologue.
Scene I. Troy. Before Priam’s palace.
Scene II. Troy. A street.
Scene III. The Grecian camp. Before Agamemnon’s tent.
ACT II
Scene I. The Grecian camp.
Scene II. Troy. Priam’s palace.
Scene III. The Grecian camp. Before the tent of Achilles.
ACT III
Scene I. Troy. Priam’s palace.
Scene II. Troy. Pandarus’ orchard.
Scene III. The Greek camp.
ACT IV
Scene I. Troy. A street.
Scene II. Troy. The court of Pandarus’ house.
Scene III. Troy. A street before Pandarus’ house.
Scene IV. Troy. Pandarus’ house.
Scene V. The Grecian camp. Lists set out.
ACT V
Scene I. The Grecian camp. Before the tent of Achilles.
Scene II. The Grecian camp. Before Calchas’ tent.
Scene III. Troy. Before Priam’s palace.
Scene IV. The plain between Troy and the Grecian camp.
Scene V. Another part of the plain.
Scene VI. Another part of the plain.
Scene VII. Another part of the plain.
Scene VIII. Another part of the plain.
Scene IX. Another part of the plain.
Scene X. Another part of the plain.

Dramatis Personæ

PRIAM, King of Troy

His sons:
HECTOR
TROILUS
PARIS
DEIPHOBUS
HELENUS
MARGARELON, a bastard son of Priam

Trojan commanders:
AENEAS
ANTENOR

CALCHAS, a Trojan priest, taking part with the Greeks
PANDARUS, uncle to Cressida
AGAMEMNON, the Greek general
MENELAUS, his brother

Greek commanders:
ACHILLES
AJAX
ULYSSES
NESTOR
DIOMEDES
PATROCLUS

THERSITES, a deformed and scurrilous Greek
ALEXANDER, servant to Cressida
SERVANT to Troilus
SERVANT to Paris
SERVANT to Diomedes
HELEN, wife to Menelaus
ANDROMACHE, wife to Hector
CASSANDRA, daughter to Priam, a prophetess
CRESSIDA, daughter to Calchas

Trojan and Greek Soldiers, and Attendants

SCENE: Troy and the Greek camp before it