Troilus and Cressida
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The Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida, often shortened to Troilus and Cressida, is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602.
Portrait of a Lady in the Character of Cressida, John Opie (c. 1800)
Print, from a painting by E. J. Poynter, in The Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare's Heroines (1896)
Cassandra, Troilus and Cressida, Edwin Austin Abbey (c. 1908)
Diomed and Cressida (from William Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida', Act V, scene ii), Angelika Kauffmann (1789)
Shakespearean problem play
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In Shakespeare studies, the problem plays are plays written by William Shakespeare that are characterised by their complex and ambiguous tone, which shifts violently between more straightforward comic
Troilus and Cressida
…frequently found it difficult to understand how they are meant to respond to the characters. Frederick S. Boas has labelled it one of Shakespeare's problem plays. It is the subject of lively critical debate. Priam, King of Troy…
A CATALOGVE of the ſeuerall Comedies, Hiſtories, and Tragedies contained in this Volume. From the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, this table of contents divides the plays into groups of Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.
A Scene from Troilus and Cressida Angelica Kauffmann
William Hunt Claudio and Isabella Shakespeare Measure for Measure
Helena and the Countess