Troilus & Cressida

The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after her father exchanges Cressida for a Trojan prisoner, the war becomes personal for her distraught lover Troilus.

Cast

Charles Gray

as Pandarus

Anton Lesser

as Troilus

Tony Steedman

as Aeneas

Suzanne Burden

as Cressida

Max Harvey

as Alexander

Peter Walmsley

as Servant to Troilus

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Agamemnon

Geoffrey Chater

as Nestor

Benjamin Whitrow

as Ulysses

Bernard Brown

as Menelaus

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