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Medea (Headlong version)

A bold new version of the classic tragedy by one of Britain's hottest playwrights.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama, Adaptations (Literature)

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre
A bold new version of the classic tragedy by one of Britain's hottest playwrights.

Her husband's gone and her future isn't bright. Imprisoned in her marital home, Medea can't work, can't sleep and increasingly can't cope. While her child plays, she plots her revenge.

This startlingly modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy explores the private fury bubbling under public behaviour and how in today's world a mother, fuelled by anger at her husband's infidelity, might be driven to commit the worst possible crime.
REVIEWS:

"Brilliantly observed and often bitterly funny... a savage play for today, superbly well done."

 Mail on Sunday

"[A] gripping, gruelling play."

 Sunday Express

"Shocking and funny... there are an unexpected number of laughs."

 The Guardian

"Rage and fear seep through Mike Bartlett's domesticated updating of Euripides."

 The Stage

"Smart and lightly done."

 Independent

Premiere Production: Citizen's Theatre Glasgow, 2012, then UK Tour.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers

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A bold new version of the classic tragedy by one of Britain's hottest playwrights.

Her husband's gone and her future isn't bright. Imprisoned in her marital home, Medea can't work, can't sleep and increasingly can't cope. While her child plays, she plots her revenge.

This startlingly modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy explores the private fury bubbling under public behaviour and how in today's world a mother, fuelled by anger at her husband's infidelity, might be driven to commit the worst possible crime.

$24.95

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