{"product_id":"medea-9781350523722","title":"Medea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Student Edition of Euripides' play, which accessibly unpacks Greek tragedy in its social context, issues of translation and adaptation, and performance approaches over the centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEuripides' play \u003ci\u003eMedea \u003c\/i\u003ewas first produced in 431BC and continues to be produced globally to this day. Its power and timeless appeal for audiences rests in its portrait of a woman driven to murder the new wife of the man who abandoned her and to murder her own children. In more recent times, Medea's actions have been taken as a symbol of female power in an otherwise male-dominated society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Shüler's commentary in this Student Edition looks at the violence of the play - both onstage and off; the original performance conditions; staging challenges, both then and now (including Medea's exit on a dragon); the notion of myth and how Greek tragedians were telling old stories to get new meanings; and how the play has evolved through translation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt considers a range of productions up to the present day, including the 2014 National Theatre production directed by Carrie Cracknell and starring Helen McCrory; Sophie Okonedo as Medea at the Soho Theatre, London, in 2023; and the 2000 Australian version, \u003ci\u003eBlack Medea\u003c\/i\u003e, which interpreted Medea as an indigenous woman brought to a city by her ambitious husband.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuripides \u003c\/b\u003ewas born near Athens between 485 and 480 BC. His first play was presented in 455 BC and he wrote some 100 altogether of which nineteen survive - a greater number than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles combined - and which include \u003ci\u003eAlkestis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMedea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBacchae\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHippolytos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIon \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIphigenia at Aulis\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 406 BC. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Shüler \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His research and teaching focus on performance pedagogies, teaching and performance-making with new technologies, as well as Queer theatre and Greek tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039782596882,"sku":"9781350523722","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8562abb3-b742-4417-8f3e-3bf8161da0ea.jpg?v=1771413888","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/medea-9781350523722","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}