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Troilus

[troi-luhs, troh-uh-]

noun

Classical and Medieval Legend.
  1. a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.



Troilus

/ ˈtrɔɪləs, ˈtrəʊɪləs /

noun

  1. Greek myth the youngest son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, slain at Troy. In medieval romance he is portrayed as the lover of Cressida

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For his first show in New York, Mandvi played Hector in Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida.”

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The mother of the guy who played Troilus made all the costumes, Mandvi recalled, and so he came out onstage with a cardboard sword with a crease in it.

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A production of “Troilus and Cressida” with the British director James Macdonald, in 2005, proved to be a turning point.

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“I was really lost as Troilus, and I asked James, ‘Can you please help me understand his situation?,’”

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I could understand that attitude if we were talking about the utterly unlovable “Troilus and Cressida.”

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