Troilus and Cressidea, Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon Hysteria, Theatre Royal, Bath Heartbreak House, Festival Theatre, Chichester
It's as if the ancient world's heroes and heroines have been subjected to an acid attack in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Time and cynicism have corroded the reputations of Greece and Troy's legendary warriors and lovers. What remains? Tattered fragments and rotten scraps, as Prince Troilus himself observes when he sees his sweetheart handed to the enemy and proving unfaithful.