Troilus and Cressida

Synopsis: A National Theatre recording, on a single, fixed camera of the production directed by Trevor Nunn; Peter de Jersey as Troilus and Sophie Okonedo as Cressida.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 24 Mar 1999
Duration: 225 including 20 minute interval.

Director

Trevor Nunn

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Rob Howell

Cast

Peter de Jersey	Troilus
Sophie Okonedo	Cressida
Jasper Britton	Thersites
David Bamber	Pandarus
Roger Allam	Ulysses
Aislinn Sands	Helen
Alexander Hanson	Diomedes
Andrew French	Aeneas
Charles Milham	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
Chu Omambala	Paris
Claudia Cadette	Servant of Troilus (Boy (Troilus’ servant))
Daniel Evans	Patroclus
David Arneil	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
David Burt	Menelaus
David Weston	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
Denis Quilley	Nestor
Dhobi Oparei	Hector
Gilz Terera	Alexander
Jack James	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
Jax Williams	Cassandra
Jim Creighton	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
John Nolan	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
Liam McKenna	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
Mark Springer	Deiphobus
Mark Umbers	Servant (attending on Diomedes)
Mark Umbers	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
Martin Chamberlain	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
Michael Wildman	Servant (attending on Paris)
Michael Wildman	Margareton
Oliver Cotton	Agamemnon
Oscar James	Priam, King of Troy
Raymond Coulthard	Achilles
Robert Burt	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
Ruddy L. Davis	Calchas
Samantha Lavender	Prince, Myrmidon, Soldier
Sara Powell	Andromache
Simon Day	Ajax
Vernon Douglas	Helenus

General: The production cast the Trojans as black and the Greeks as white.
History: Opened 6 March 1999. Recording taken from the matinee performance 24 March 1999.
Awards: Rob Howell won an Olivier Award for the set design, and Trevor Nunn won Best Director.
Reviews: Smallwood, Robert Shakespeare Survey 53 (2000), pp244-73 especially 257-59.

SHAKESPEARE