Troilus and Cressida, Act 5 Scene 9 runs 10 lines of dialogue, spoken by 4 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 144 lines. This scene is part of Act 5 of Troilus and Cressida.
Full Dialogue
Agamemnon ♂
Hark! hark! what shout is that?
Nestor ♂
Peace, drums!
Achilles! Achilles! Hector's slain! Achilles.
Achilles! Achilles! Hector's slain! Achilles.
Diomedes ♂
The bruit is, Hector's slain, and by Achilles.
Ajax ♂
If it be so, yet bragless let it be;
Great Hector was a man as good as he.
Great Hector was a man as good as he.
Agamemnon ♂
March patiently along: let one be sent
To pray Achilles see us at our tent.
If in his death the gods have us befriended,
Great Troy is ours, and our sharp wars are ended.
To pray Achilles see us at our tent.
If in his death the gods have us befriended,
Great Troy is ours, and our sharp wars are ended.
10 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agamemnon | 5 | 50.0% |
| Nestor | 2 | 20.0% |
| Ajax | 2 | 20.0% |
| Diomedes | 1 | 10.0% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 5 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 3 lines.
Total speakers on stage
4 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 5
This is Scene 9 of 10 in Act 5 of Troilus and Cressida.
Scene length vs. play average
At 10 lines, this scene is shorter than the Troilus and Cressida average scene in Troilus and Cressida (~144 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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