Troilus and Cressida
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play by William Shakespeare
Key facts
- Written by
- William Shakespeare
- Characters
- See text
- Original language
- English
- Series
- First Folio
- Subject
- Trojan War
- Genre
- Shakespearean problem play
- Setting
- Troy , Trojan War
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Wikidata facts
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Based on
- Troilus and Criseyde
- Image
- Troilus and Cressida.JPG
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- language of work or name
- English language
- Commons category
- Troilus and Cressida
- topic's main category
- Category:Troilus and Cressida
- inception
- 1602-00-00
- title
- The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid
- form of creative work
- play
- work available at URL
- www.projekt-gutenberg.org/shakespr/troilus/troilus.html
- time period
- Renaissance
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida, often shortened to Troilus and Cressida (/ˈtrɔɪlʌs ... ˈkrɛsɪdə/ or /ˈtroʊ.ɪlʌs/), is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602.
At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwhile, the Greeks endeavour to lessen the pride of Achilles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Troilus and Cressida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.