{"product_id":"medea-9781350266018","title":"Medea","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorld premiere of a new version of Euripides' classic \u003ci\u003eMedea\u003c\/i\u003e. Plays in London as part of the Almeida's Greek Season. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMedea'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 (\u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice, King Charles III, American Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e) and award-winning writer Rachel Cusk (\u003ci\u003eOutline, Aftermath\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Cusk\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Canada in 1967 and spent much of her childhood in Los Angeles before finishing her education at St Mary's Convent, Cambridge. She read English at New College, Oxford, and has travelled extensively in Spain and Central America. She is the author of six novels. The first, \u003ci\u003eSaving Agnes\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), won the Whitbread First Novel Award. \u003ci\u003eA Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) is a personal exploration of motherhood. In \u003ci\u003eThe Lucky Ones\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) she uses a series of five narratives, loosely linked by the experience of parenthood, to write of life's transformations, of what separates us from those we love and what binds us to those we no longer understand. In 2003, Rachel Cusk was nominated by \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as one of 20 'Best of Young British Novelists'. Her latest novel is \u003ci\u003eOutline\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51811651551506,"sku":"9781350266018","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9873d289-d9f1-4509-9d75-4be99dbd6ef1.jpg?v=1775632748","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/medea-9781350266018","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}