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Feb 24, 2022 · Step into the National Theatre's Archive and discover the stories behind Carrie Cracknell's production of Medea, in a version by Ben Power and starring Helen...
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Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.
75. NR 1 hr 30 min Sep 4th, 2014 Drama, Fantasy. Medea is a wife and a mother For the sake of her husband Jason shes left her home and borne two sons in exile But when he abandons his family for a ...
National Theatre Live: Medea (2014) 1 of 6. National Theatre Live: Medea (2014) Titles National Theatre Live: Medea. Countries Canada, United States. Languages English.
This film focuses on the 2014 production of Medea. In this short film resource, Dr Lucy Jackson (Assistant Professor Greek Literature, Durham University) and Erin Lee (Head of Archive, National Theatre) take you on a virtual visit to the National Theatre Archive. The film follows their exploration and discovery of how the work of ancient Greek ...
Helen McCrory stars as Medea in this new production of Euripides’ tragedy directed by award-winning Carrie Cracknell (A Doll’s House). Helen McCrory returns to the National Theatre following acclaimed performances in The Last Of The Haussmans and The Seagull. In the play Medea must live in exile with her sons for the sake of her husband, Jason.
Jul 22, 2014 · This is, incredibly, the first ever staging of Medea in the National Theatre’s 50 year history. It’s an omission all the more remarkable, given the complex feminist issues raised by Euripides’ unsparing portrayal of a dumped woman driven to exacting revenge on her treacherous partner by the ultimate (and tragically self-defeating) recourse of murdering their children.
