Medea
A Radical New Version from the Perspective of the Children
Published on 30. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-78319-303-5 (ISBN)
Description
Two boys are playing a game.
They fight, they laugh, they jump up and down, they play dead.
Downstairs, their parents - Medea and Jason - are arguing. As the shouting gets louder, their bedroom will no longer be able to protect them from the violence of the outside world. Their iconic fate, at the hands of their mother, will ensure that they enter mythology as two of the most tragic siblings of all time.
Medea is presented in association with Belvoir, Sydney and directed by Anne-Louise Sarks whose original production of the play was highly critically acclaimed. The production turns Euripides' classic tale on its head - presenting the tragedy from the children's perspective.
Medea was awarded five 2013 Sydney Theatre Awards including Best Direction, Best Mainstage Production and Best New Australian Work. It was also awarded a prestigious Australian Writers Guild Award for Best Stage Play and nominated for four 2013 Helpmann Awards including Best Direction, Best New Australian Work and Best Play.
They fight, they laugh, they jump up and down, they play dead.
Downstairs, their parents - Medea and Jason - are arguing. As the shouting gets louder, their bedroom will no longer be able to protect them from the violence of the outside world. Their iconic fate, at the hands of their mother, will ensure that they enter mythology as two of the most tragic siblings of all time.
Medea is presented in association with Belvoir, Sydney and directed by Anne-Louise Sarks whose original production of the play was highly critically acclaimed. The production turns Euripides' classic tale on its head - presenting the tragedy from the children's perspective.
Medea was awarded five 2013 Sydney Theatre Awards including Best Direction, Best Mainstage Production and Best New Australian Work. It was also awarded a prestigious Australian Writers Guild Award for Best Stage Play and nominated for four 2013 Helpmann Awards including Best Direction, Best New Australian Work and Best Play.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78319-303-5 (9781783193035)
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Persons
Kate Mulvany is an actress and writer from Australia. She is the recipient of the Sydney Theatre Company's prestigious Patrick White Playwrights' Fellowship. Anne-Louise Sarks is a resident director at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney. She works professionally as an actor, writer, director and dramaturg.