 Event |
Medea
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| Venue |
Zorlu PSM Turkcell Sahnesi, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Umbrella Event |
Istanbul Theatre Festival |
| First Date |
17 November 2021 |
| Last Date |
18 November 2021 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Stone, whose new plays are always eagerly anticipated, rewrites ancient tragedy playwright Euripides’ Medea in today’s language and combines it with a real event. The tragedy Medea, which has been staged almost throughout history, derives its subject matter from an overwhelming, burning sense of revenge. Featuring a refined yet mad Medea, who might just as well be your neighbour the play tells the story of an incident that has never lost its aspect of shock or frequency of occurrence throughout centuries. An American physician who goes through a difficult divorce in 1995 and sets her house on fire with two of her children inside... |
| Description Source |
Production Company |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Adaptation
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| Subjects |
Divorce
Family
Murder
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Greece
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| Production Nationality |
Netherlands
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| Further Information |
Part of the 25th Istanbul Theatre Festival 2021. Performed in Dutch with Turkish surtitles.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
https://tiyatro.iksv.org/en/the-25th-istanbul-theatre-festival-2021/medea |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
165737 |
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