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What treason were it to the ransacked queen
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RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida

What treason were it to the ransacked queen, Now to deliver her possession upOn terms of...

What treason were it to the ransacked queen, Now to deliver her possession up
On terms of base compulsion!

Full Transcript

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What treason were it to the ransacked queen,
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Now to deliver her possession up On terms of base compulsion!
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:28
Uploaded
Jun 24, 2025
Production
Royal Shakespeare Company

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Movie Summary

Troilus and Cressida swear they will always be true to one another. But in the seventh year of the siege of Troy, their innocence is tested and exposed to the savage corrupting influence of war with tragic consequences.
Can it be that so degenerate a strain as this - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:07
Can it be that so degenerate a strain as this
There's not the meanest spirit on our party - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:54
There's not the meanest spirit on our party
If Helen then be wife to Sparta's king, As it is known she is, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:55
If Helen then be wife to Sparta's king, As it is known ...
I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:17
I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and factio...
How now, Thersites? What, lost in the labyrinth of thy fury? - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:06
How now, Thersites? What, lost in the labyrinth of thy fury?
Shall the elephant Ajax carry it thus? He beats me, whilst I rail at him - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:11
Shall the elephant Ajax carry it thus? He beats me, whilst I...
Would it were otherwise: that I could beat him, whilst he railed at me - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:54
Would it were otherwise: that I could beat him, whilst he ra...
And after that, vengeance on the whole camp! - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:07
And after that, vengeance on the whole camp!
Or, rather, the bone-ache, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:11
Or, rather, the bone-ache,
Well... I have said my prayers, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:09
Well... I have said my prayers,
Thersites? Good Thersites, come in and rail - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:15
Thersites? Good Thersites, come in and rail
Who's there? - Thersites, my lord - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:05
Who's there? - Thersites, my lord
Why, my cheese, my digestion, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:08
Why, my cheese, my digestion,
What's Agamemnon? - Thy commander, Achilles - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:08
What's Agamemnon? - Thy commander, Achilles
Thy lord, Thersites. Then tell me, I pray thee, what's thyself? - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:05
Thy lord, Thersites. Then tell me, I pray thee, what's ...
Thy knower, Patroclus. Then tell me, Patroclus, what art thou? - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:06
Thy knower, Patroclus. Then tell me, Patroclus, what art tho...
Thou mayst tell that knowest - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:54
Thou mayst tell that knowest
Make that demand to the Creator: it suffices me that thou art. - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:05
Make that demand to the Creator: it suffices me that thou ar...
Patroclus, I'll speak with nobody. Come in with me, Thersites - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:12
Patroclus, I'll speak with nobody. Come in with me, The...
And all the argument is a cuckold and a whore, - RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida 00:12
And all the argument is a cuckold and a whore,