Troilus is Shakespeare’s take on Homer’s Iliad. A thousand ships come to Troy to bring Helen back to Greece (probably more like 100 ships, scholars now say, or as few as 10). All the “heroes” are ...

Troilus and Cressida is one of Shakespeare’s weirder efforts. A tragedy set during the late stages of the Trojan War, it ostensibly focuses on the disastrous affair between the two named characters, ...

Clearly, Peter Hall just can't get enough of the Trojan War. Six months after his 10-hour production of "Tantalus" opened in Denver, Hall is playing in the sand once again, for another ...

“What, lost in the labyrinth of thy fury?” The question, which might be asked of a host of current political actors, is posed by a character almost three thousand years old; Thersites, one of the most ...