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Medea (Elliot, trans.)

Full-Length Play  /  5w, 5m

Alistair Elliot, Euripides

Translated by Alistair Elliot

"A startling production of searing immediacy." - Newsweek
"We sit mesmerized...as Euripides gives us a lesson in what theater is all about." - The New York Times

Medea (Elliot, trans.)

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    5w, 5m
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    • Cutting Approved for Competition

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Summary
Diana Rigg starred in this major triumph in London and on Broadway winning the Tony Award as Best Actress of the season.

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"Gripping Greek tragedy...in a juicy translation that's made for our modern age...Medea is indeed a kind of thrill ride, propelling us helplessly along, careening on the edge of precipices from which we get fearful glimpses of the darkness of human nature. This production uses a muscular, invigorating translation by the British poet Alistair Elliot. It has a directness, a freshness that makes the play seem quite contemporary...It has an elemental power." - New York Daily News

"High powered...classic theatre that should not be missed." - New York Post

"A startling production of searing immediacy." - Newsweek

"We sit mesmerized...as Euripides gives us a lesson in what theater is all about." - The New York Times

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Alistair Elliot

Euripides

Euripides

Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose full plays have survived. Of the more than 90 plays attributed to Euripides, 18 are extant in full: Alcestis, Medea, ...
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