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Bevington to Discuss Troilus and Cressida

World-renown Shakespeare scholar and Dominican University Lund-Gill Chair Dr. David Bevington will offer a discussion on Troilus and Cressida prior to its production at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Sunday, April 15. Bevington will introduce the play with a half-hour preamble at 2:00 p.m., followed by a brief reception. The matinee performance of Troilus and Cressida begins at 3:00 p.m. at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago.

Dominican University has reserved a limited number of tickets at a discounted rate of $20, which includes Bevington’s preamble and the reception. Tickets must be reserved in advance through Dominican University by calling Dr. Michelle Sweeney at (708) 524-6940.

Troilus and Cressida is considered one of Shakespeare’s most haunting plays. Set during the Trojan War, the play contains two plot lines. In one, Troilus, a Trojan prince, woos Cressida, the daughter of a Trojan priest who has defected to the Greeks. Later in the play, Cressida’s father arranges to have her traded to the Greeks for a Trojan prisoner of war. Trying to visit her in the Greek camp, Troilus sees her with Diomedes and questions her honor. The other plot line revolves around a scheme by Ulysses to get the arrogant warrior Achilles back into battle for the Greeks. The play ends on a bleak note with the destruction of Troilus and Cressida’s love and the death of the noble Trojan warrior Hector.

Dr. David Bevington is currently teaching a senior honors seminar and serving as the 2007 Lund-Gill Chair at Dominican University. Named in honor of former Dominican University President Sr. Candida Lund, OP and former Professor of English Sr. Mary Cyrille Gill, OP, the Lund-Gill Chair was created to bring to campus each year an individual of the highest moral and intellectual reputation who can address themes and issues at the intersection of academia and society.

Dr. Bevington is also the Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1967. A world-renowned specialist in British drama of the Renaissance, Bevington has published studies of Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and the Stuart Court Masque. He edited and introduced the complete works of Shakespeare in the 29-volume Bantam Classics paperback editions and the single-volume Longman edition.