Medea
Archive :: production:T1447123383, play:S4196, venue:V483
Current :: venue:V483
Vulnerable outcaste, jilted lover and scheming sorceress. Without Medea's help, Jason would never have acquired the Golden Fleece, never have arrived safely back to claim his kingdom, never have had the success that followed, never have had his two beautiful sons. Such devotion surely deserves repayment.
Production details
Anchored in the same themes of love, pain and hatred the action has been transported from the ancient streets of Corinth to a south Manchester council estate. Medea, now an ordinary woman struggling to bring up her children, has just discovered Jason, her lover, has left her for another woman. Tortured by her seething passion, isolated by her position and crushed by the betrayal Medea rages against her fate… before plotting the ultimate, unthinkable revenge. Live and Direct
