Medea, Euripides

A reading and discussion of Euripides' Medea (translation by Diane J. Rayor, courtesy of Cambridge University Press), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Fiona Macintosh (University of Oxford). The cast includes Zack Dictakis, RJ Foster, Lily Ling, Evvy Miller, Eunice Roberts, and David Rubin. Tabatha Gayle is the guest director.

Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies (chs.harvard.edu), the Kosmos Society (kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/), and Out of Chaos Theatre (out-of-chaos.co.uk). For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To learn about the Medea scene competition, visit https://www.out-of-chaos.co.uk/playin.... To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit https://fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6A....

Scene selections:
Most of the play will be performed with some sections cut for time.

Credits:
Medea - Evelyn Miller
Jason - David Rubin
Nurse - Eunice
Tutor/Messenger - Zack Dictakis
Kreon - RJ Foster
Chorus - Lily Ling

Director - Tabatha Gayle
Sound design - Sara Valentine
Acoustic music - Zack Dictakis

More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/d....

Learn more about the new Greek Theatre Program offered by the British American Drama Academy: http://www.bada.org.uk/study/greek-th...

Suggested further reading:

1) Medea, a performance history: http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ebooks-medea.

2) "Medea's Postpartum Obsession" by Donna Zuckerberg: https://eidolon.pub/medeas-postpartum...

3) "Guide to the classics: Euripides' Medea and her terrible revenge against the patriarchy" by Paul Salmond: https://theconversation.com/guide-to-...

4) Van Zyl Smit, B. 2002. "Medea the Feminist." Acta Classica, 45, 101-122.

5) Hall, E., F. Macintosh, O. Taplin, eds. 2000. Medea in performance, 1500–2000. Oxford: Legenda.