Medea

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Event Medea
Venue Lilian Baylis Theatre, Clerkenwell, London, England
First Date 22 January 1992
Last Date 15 February 1992
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "The Monstrous Regiment has a new artistic director - and Clare Venables has marked her appointment with a new version of Euripides' Medea, which she also directs. The work [...] is a modern version of the original Greek story of the woman jilted by her foreign husband who poisons her younger, wealthier rival and murders her own children. [...] Venables puts the story into a white-walled, designer setting where the woman, beautiful and ambitious, is betrayed by her social-climbing political husband." (Hampstead & Highgate Express)
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Adaptation
Tragedy
Subjects Ancient Greece
Gender roles
Myth
Women
Women's Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Clare Venables Adaptor
Rose Sharp Administrator
Tim Reed Designer
Clare Venables Director
Danielle Bisson Lighting Designer
Ishia Bennison Performer
Martin Gower Performer
Sue Holland Performer
Kathleen Michael Performer
Richard Owens Performer
Euripides Playwright
Fleur Howard Production Manager
Works
Text Nationality Greece
Production Nationality England
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Production Company Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company Archive, Victoria and Albert Museum
Cast List Cast list, Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company Archive, Victoria and Albert Museum
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 132075