Shakespeare’s Globe has confirmed the cast of Troilus & Cressida, a genre-defying satire on the cult of celebrity set in the Trojan War, which will open at the Thames-side theatre this September.
Directed by Owen Horsely (Twelfth Night) in his Globe directorial debut, the cast features Oliver Alvin-Wilson as Hector/Calchas, Tilly Botsford and Ensemble/Cover, David Caves as Achilles, Conor Glean as Diomedes, Kasper Hilton-Hille as Troilus, Jonathan Livingstone as Agamemnon, Tadeo Martinez as Patroclus/Alexander, Lucy McCormick as Thersites/Helen, Jodie McNee as Ulysses/Cassadra, Charlotte O’Leary as Cressida, Finn O’Riordain as Ensemble/Cover, Matthew Spencer as Paris/Menelaus, Samantha Spiro as Pandarus/Nestor and Ibraheem Toure as Ajax.
Troilus & Cressida is designed by Ryan Dawson Laight, with Christophe Eynde as associate designer, Roberta Zuric as associate director, Eamonn O’Dwyer as composer, fight and intimacy direction from Rachel Brown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown for RC Annie, Daniel Hay-Gordon as movement director, and Emma Woodvine as voice and text. Troilus and Cressida was cast by Becky Paris.
The production runs from September 26 – October 26. Tickets here.
Top image: Troilus & Cressida artwork (image supplied)