Medea

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Event Medea
Venue Otago Museum, Dunedin North, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 19 June 1924
Last Date 19 June 1924
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Medea, consumed by grief when she is abandoned by her husband Jason, murders her own sons in a bleak act of revenge.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
J Fleming Actor Jason
F J Gair Actor Chorus
Wakefield Holmes Actor Nurse
H W Hunter Actor King of Corinth
Bessie Thomson Actor Medea
Euripides Playwright
Gilbert Murray Translator
Works
Text Nationality England
Greece
Further Information Readings from the tragedy.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 204614