In collaboration with SiCa and the famous New York Public Theater (the creators of New York City's "Shakespeare in the Park"), Stanford Drama presents William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, directed by critically acclaimed director Rob Melrose.

Both comedic and tragic, Troilus and Cressida tells the story of star-crossed lovers during the Trojan War. Troilus, a Trojan prince, falls in love with Cressida, a prisoner in Troy, and daughter of a defected Trojan priest who resides in the Greek camp, thus pitting personal and political loyalties against each other. In a close resemblance to contemporary conceptions of warfare, Shakespeare highlights the petty, selfish, and barbaric preoccupations of disillusioned warriors, made worse by their captivity in a drawn-out, seemingly purposeless war. Troilus and Cressida depicts classical heros--Ulysses, Achilles, Agamemnon, Hector, and others--and deals intimately with the timeless debates over peace, reputation, loyalty, and pride.