Roderick Ramage reworks William Shakespeare in bite-size format
Troilus & Cressida
Troilus is in love with Cressida, whose father, Calchas, deserts the Trojans for the Greeks. Achilles refuses to fight and stays in his tent with Patroclus. The sole combat between Ajax and the Trojan hero, Hector, ends in a draw. Calchas trades a Trojan prisoner for Cressida, who comes to the Greek camp. In a truce Troilus sees her with Diomedes and vows to kill him. Next day Hector leads the Trojans to drive back the Greeks. He kills Patroclus, which goads Achilles into action, who, dishonourably, has Hector killed, although unarmed, and drags his body round the walls of Troy.
Coriolanus
Marius is contemptuous of the Roman rabble, but when the neighbouring Volscians wage war on Rome, he singlehandedly takes Corioli, for which he is named Coriolanus. Welcomed back to Rome and offered a consulship, he alienates the people, and is banished. He goes to the Volscian capital, Antium and offers his services to Aufidius, the Volscian general. Despite Corialanus’ arrogance, Aufidius gives him half the army. They reach the
