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Neil LaBute wrote Medea Redux, a modern retelling, first performed in 1999 starring Calista Flockhart, as part of his one-act trilogy entitled Bash: Latter-Day Plays. In this version, the main character is seduced by her middle-school teacher. He abandons her, and she kills their child out of revenge.
Medea in a fresco from Herculaneum. Medea is a direct descendant of the sun god Helios (son of the Titan Hyperion) through her father King Aeëtes of Colchis.According to Hesiod (Theogony 956–962), Helios and the Oceanid Perseis produced two children, Circe and Aeëtes. [5]
The leading role, Medea, delivers over half of the play's lines. [2] Medea addresses many themes, one being that the title character represents "payment" for humans' transgression of natural laws. [3] She was sent by the gods to punish Jason for his sins. Another theme is her powerful voice that cannot be silenced, not even by King Creon. [3]
Medea – The main character, a former revolutionary who was forced into exile. She is bisexual and feminine. [1] She is Luna's lover, Jasón's wife, and mother to teenage son, Chac-Mool. Her character is based on Euripides' Medea. [3] Jasón – Medea's husband, a biracial man who now lives in Aztlán, [1] where he holds an important position. [2]
H. M. Hoover, The Dawn Palace: The Story of Medea (1988) Percival Everett, For Her Dark Skin (1990) Kerry Greenwood, Medea: Book I in the Delphic Women Series (1997). Christa Wolf, Medea (published in German 1996, translated to English 1998) [6] Medea plays a major role as an antagonist in Stuart Hill's The Icemark Chronicles trilogy.
Medea, the Musical is a 1994 musical comedy by American playwright John Fisher. The play, a farce, concerns a theater director's attempt to recast Medea, the ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, as a serious modern commentary on LGBT culture, which goes humorously wrong when the director's cast and crew refuse to conform to the stereotyped roles he has created for them.
Medea is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the ancient myth of Medea. The film stars opera singer Maria Callas in her only film role and is largely a faithful portrayal of the myth of Jason and the Argonauts and the events of Euripides ' play Medea .
Medea is a 1730 play by the British writer Charles Johnson.It is about Medea from Greek mythology and based on the play Medea by Euripides. [2]The original Drury Lane cast included Mary Porter as Medea, Robert Wilks as Jason, William Mills as Aegeus, Christiana Horton as Ethra, John Mills as Creon, Sarah Thurmond as Creusa, Thomas Hallam as Eumelus and John Corey as Therapion.