Medea

World premiere of a new version of Euripides'' classic Medea . Plays in London as part of the Almeida''s Greek Season.Medea''s marriage is breaking up. And so is everything else. Testing the limits of revenge and liberty, Euripides'' seminal play cuts to the heart of gender politics and asks what it means to be a woman and a wife. One of world drama''s most infamous characters is brought to controversial new life by Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold ( The Merchant of Venice, King Charles III, American Psycho ) and award-winning writer Rachel Cusk ( Outline, Aftermath ).>

Info autore

Euripides was born near Athens between 485 and 480 BC. His first play was presented in 455 BC and he wrote some hundred altogether of which nineteen survive - a greater number than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles combined - and which include Alkestis, Medea, Bacchae, Hippolytos, Ion and Iphigenia at Aulis. He died in 406 BC.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Euripides
• Editore: Methuen Drama
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.02.2022
• EAN: 9781350266018
• ISBN: 978-1-350-26601-8
• Pagine: 104
• Dimensioni: 126 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: Modern Plays; Modern Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; DRAMA / Ancient & Classical, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama