Casting announced for TROILUS AND CRESSIDA at Shakespeare’s Globe
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast and creative team of Troilus and Cressida, directed by Owen Horsely in his Globe directorial debut, which plays at the venue from 26 September-26 October.
Shakespeare’s genre-defying satire on the cult of celebrity set in the Trojan War will star Oliver Alvin-Wilson (Now, I See, Stratford East) as Hector/Calchas, Tilly Botsford (The Welkin, Atlantic Theatre) as Ensemble/Cover, David Caves (Silent Witness, BBC) as Achilles, Conor Glean (Romeo and Juliet, Royal Exchange) as Diomedes, Kasper Hilton-Hille (Dealer’s Choice, Donmar Warehouse) as Troilus, Jonathan Livingstone (Hamlet, Young Vic) as Agamemnon, Tadeo Martinez (The Merry Wives of Windsor, RSC) as Patroclus/Alexander, Lucy McCormick (The Cat and the Canary, Chichester Festival Theatre) as Thersites/Helen, Jodie McNee (The New Real, RSC) as Ulysses/Cassadra, Charlotte O’Leary (Twelfth Night, RSC) as Cressida, Finn O’Riordain (Julius Caesar, Factory Theatre) as Ensemble/Cover, Matthew Spencer (Twelfth Night, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Paris/Menelaus, Samantha Spiro (The Merry Wives of Windsor, RSC) as Pandarus/Nestor, and Ibraheem Toure (Foundation, Apple TV) as Ajax.
Director Owen Horsely said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be making my Globe directorial debut with Shakespeare’s bold and dynamic take on the Trojan War. Often considered Shakespeare’s most experimental work, Troilus and Cressida unleashes a full-throttle satirical assault on romantic love, hero worship, and political power. With a brilliant cast and creative team, we’re ready to free this remarkable play from the shadows and bring its sharp wit, raw energy, and biting commentary roaring to life.”
Troilus and Cressida is designed by Ryan Dawson Laight, with music by Eamonn O'Dwyer, fight and intimacy direction by Rachel Brown Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown for RC Annie, movement direction by Daniel Hay-Gordon, voice and text coaching by Emma Woodvine, and casting by Becky Paris CDG.
