{"product_id":"medea-by-euripides-9781408183915","title":"Medea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eEarthquakes in London\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCock\u003c\/i\u003e (Olivier Award), a new stage version of \u003ci\u003eChariots of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLove Love Love\u003c\/i\u003e. This programme text coincides with a run at the Headlong Theatre in London from the 27th of September to the 1st of December 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596964970732,"sku":"9781408183915","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781408183915-medea.jpg?v=1777945075","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/medea-by-euripides-9781408183915","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}