Troilus and Cressida

Troilus and Cressida, set during the Trojan war, intertwines two storylines: the doomed love between the young Trojan prince Troilus and the sharp‑witted Cressida, and the increasingly absurd political maneuvering among Greek and Trojan leaders. The play resists easy categories - part tragedy, part comedy, part war satire—and is skeptical of heroic myths, critical of war, and deeply attuned to human vanity and frailty.