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Brendan Kennelly
Euripides
A version and translation from Euripides
Medea, a barbarian witch, betrays her family to help her lover Jason win the Golden Fleece. She finds him courting another woman, the daughter of King Creon of Corinth. After failing to persuade Jason to return to her, she decides to kill her rival with a gift of poisoned clothing. She also decides to kill her children. King Aegeus of Athens stumbles along in search of a cure for his childlessness. He agrees to grant her asylum should she need it. She escapes from Jason at the end of the play on a dragon-drawn chariot given to her by her grandfather Helius, the sun god.
Adaptation/Translation
Full-Length
7
3
Two child actors also performed in the original production.
05 October 1988
Produced by Medea Productions
First performed at the Royal Dublin Society (Concert Hall).
Medea
1991
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