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'A Forty-Minute Troilus and Cressida' by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff - additional information.


'A Forty-Minute Troilus and Cressida' by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff
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Period and Geography
Location: Greece. Time Period: Ancient
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 0
Setting:
Set Requirements: No Set
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
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Swearing rate: less than 1 known rude word per thousand.
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
Mild swearwords
In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:
A list of the required properties
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A lighting plot
Costume notes
Style:
Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'Troilus And Cressida', with the original text cut down to 40 minutes or so.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.)
Synopsis:
The Trojans are trapped in their city as Greek warriors like Ajax scour the battlefield. Troilus, youngest son of the Trojan King Priam, is distracted from the battlefield by his pursuit of the beautiful Cressida. Just when Cressida has submitted to his advances, she is used as part of a prisoner exchange and sent to join her father (who is camped with the Greeks). During one of the periodic truces, Troilus witnesses Cressida in a dalliance with Greek hero Diomedes. Enraged, Troilus takes to the battlefield in pursuit of Diomedes, whilst the petulant Achilles takes on the noble Trojan Hector.
Shakespeare uses the siege to question notions of fidelity and chivalry.

 
 

 
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