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First of all, let's leave ancient history out of this. In Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, the playwright is not confronting us with those noble Greek and Trojan warriors that Homer and others sang of. The proper names are retained--Priam, Hector, Aeneas, Achilles, Ulysses, and the rent--but any further resemblances are purely coincidental. Cressida does not even exist in the Illad; and the sagittarial hero-god Pandarus was not debased into a pimp until Boccaccio latched onto...
...American Shakespeare Festival (Stratford, Conn., Exit 52 from the Connecticut Trunpike or Exits 51 or 53 from the Merritt Parkway--ED 7-4456 in Stratford) presents a repertory of three Shakespearean plays: Macbeth, As you Like It, and Troilus and Cressids, alternating Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, Saturday, and Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Starring in the productions are Jessica Tandy as Lady Macbeth, Pat Hingle at Macbeth, and Kim Hunter as Rosalind...
British Composer Sir William Walton, 58, is an orderly man who prefers to leave no compositional form neglected. Accordingly, he has written at least "one of everything" during his career: a symphony, an opera (Troilus and Cressida), concertos for solo instruments, chamber works. Having covered the circuit once, he is now making the rounds again: last week Sir William was in Manhattan to hear the visiting Cleveland Orchestra give the New York premiere of his Symphony...
...otherwise noted, all books were bought by Dr. Rosenbach." The coolness with which the Philadelphia dealer, by an inclination of his head, would top a bid by ?500 caught the public's fancy, and Dr. R. knew how to keep publicity afloat. Solemnly he advertised: "Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, 1609; First Edition; $12,500. No family can be happy without...
...cast, already turned avid drama enthusiasts from their own work, recently saw the HDC production of Troilus and Cressida ("That drunken guy was a riot") and there many of them acquired a further taste for Shakespeare. Ann-Marie "Turtle" Cottagio, who would "love to act professionally," said she would like to do a Shakespeare play next, to which a well over six foot, well over 200 pound football player, Richard Herman replied that he would be Shylock. But Dempsey, the playwright, thinks Shakespeare...