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Medea

By Euripides
Series: Modern Plays
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Medea reimagines Euripides' classic tragedy in a contemporary setting where Medea, trapped in her marital home and betrayed by her husband, plans a devastating revenge. Amid themes of private fury and public composure, this modern adaptation reveals the unbearable pain of infidelity and the extremes a mother might reach when pushed beyond endurance.
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This powerful and unsettling adaptation will appeal to readers interested in classical literature, contemporary drama, and psychological explorations of human emotions. Suitable for adults who appreciate intense, thought-provoking stories about family, betrayal, and revenge.

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If there's a God, which at the moment I doubt, I want you to curse him. If there's any justice, I want them - both of them - in a car crash.

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.

The production is written and directed by one of the UK's most exciting and in-demand writers, Mike Bartlett, who has received critical acclaim for his plays including Earthquakes in London; Cock (Olivier Award), a new stage version of Chariots of Fire, and Love Love Love. This programme text coincides with a run at the Headlong Theatre in London from the 27th of September to the 1st of December 2012.

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The production has been praised for its intense, visceral portrayal of Medea, balancing rage and fear with moments of dark humour. Critics highlight Mike Bartlett's skill in translating Euripides' tragedy into a modern psychological drama that is both shocking and compelling, with strong performances and a nuanced exploration of the protagonist's turmoil.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408183915

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 October 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Contributors:

  • Adapted by Mike Bartlett

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 100g

Pages: 96

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Arts & Culture Euripides Non-Fiction Series: Modern Plays

About the Author

Mike Barlett's debut play, My Child (2007), saw him hailed by The Stage as 'one of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times'. In 2009, Cock won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, while Contractions was nominated for the TMA Best New Play award. Bartlett was Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Royal Court in 2007, and is currently Associate Playwright at Paines Plough.

Euripides (484-406 BC) was a Greek dramatist. The last major tragic playwright of the classical world, he has also been called "the first modern".

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