SHAKESPEARE, W.: Troilus and Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2018) (NTSC)

William Shakespeare
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

 

TROJANS
Priam / King of Troy - Ewart James Walters
Hector - Daniel Hawksford
Andromache / Hector’s wife - Gabby Wong
Paris - Geoffrey Lumb
Helen / Paris’ mistress / Wife of Menelaus - Daisy Badger
Troilus - Gavin Fowler
Cassandra / Priam’s daughter / A prophet - Charlotte Arrowsmith
Helenus / A priest - Mikhail Sen
Polyxena - Esther McAuley
Aeneas / A military commander - Amanda Harris
Pandarus / A lord - Oliver Ford Davies
Cressida / His niece - Amber James
Calchas / Her mother, now defected to the Greeks - Helen Grady
Alexandra / A servant - Leigh Quinn
Paris’ servant - Nicole Agada

GREEKS
Agamemnon / Commander in Chief - Suzanne Bertish
Menelaus / Her brother - Andrew Langtree
Ulysses - Adjoa Andoh
Nestor - Jim Hooper
Achilles - Andy Apollo
Patroclus - James Cooney
Ajax - Theo Ogundipe
Diomed - Daniel Burke
Thersites / A camp follower - Sheila Reid

Gregory Doran, stage director
Niki Turner, set and costume designer
Matt Daw, lighting designer
Music by Evelyn Glennie

Recorded live from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 14 November 2018

Bonus:
- “Sound of war”: New music for the play
- Cast interviews
- Director’s Commentary
- Cast gallery

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: LPCM 2.0 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English
Running time: 175 mins (play) + 17 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)