Word: cressida
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...critics' criticism of King Lear, which appears here. Also, one misses an essay by Professor Brower in addition to his introduction (which, by the way, must deserve some sort of prize for the number of times it has been anthologized); some of Brower's memorable remarks on Troilus and Cressida might, for example, have replaced the rather wretched essay on Henry VIII. (And of the two little read plays, there can be no doubt that the Troilus is the more worth considering...
These fervent emotions are suggested in the six-page article by a series of disconnected impressions: the "violent pace" of daily life, "exhaustively faithful" couples, "repellent" dormitories, and sympathies "flying in all directions." A Radcliffe student "must be bright enough to do well in her courses while she performs Cressida or Mother Courage and breaks three engagements to marry...
Stratford, Conn., American Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It, Macbeth and Troilus and Cressida, the last in a pointless Civil War setting...
...ironies of its Thersites, who, more than anyone else, probably represents Shakespeare's point of view, the play is difficult to stage in any context. But Shakespearean directors have long tried to meet the challenge anyway, notably Tyrone Guthrie, who, with the Old Vic, once did Troilus and Cressida as an Edwardian period piece, the Greeks as Prussians and the Trojans as British guards...
Stratford, Conn, American Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It, Macbeth, and Troilus and Cressida...