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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 .
Médée et Jason (Medea and Jason) is an opera by the French composer Joseph François Salomon, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 24 April 1713. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto is by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, using the pseudonym "La Roque".
After Médée gives Jason twin boys, Jason leaves her for Creusa. Médée exacts her revenge on her husband by burning his new spouse and slitting the throats of her two children. The final act of the play ends with Médée's escape in a chariot pulled by two dragons, and Jason's suicide. [3]
Euripides' play has been explored and interpreted by playwrights across the centuries and the world in a variety of ways, offering political, psychoanalytical, feminist, and many other original readings of Medea, Jason and the core themes of the play. [1] Medea, along with three other plays, [a] earned Euripides third prize in the City Dionysia.
Medea (movie, 1969), dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Maria Callas. A Dream of Passion (movie, 1978), starring Melina Mercouri as Maya, an actress who is portraying Medea and seeks out Brenda Collins (Ellen Burstyn), a mother who recently murdered her children. Medea (movie, 1988), dir. Lars von Trier, filmed for Danish television using a pre ...
Marina Carr, the author of the play, has acknowledged that By the Bog of Cats was inspired by the myth of Medea. [10] In Euripides's theatrical adaptation, as in the ancient Greek myth, Medea is a sorceress and wife to the hero Jason. When her husband decides to marry another, she kills his new lover and their two children in revenge.
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Medea sacrifices her children from the roof of her house in order to hurt Jason (982-1025). [6] Medea escapes in a dragon chariot while she throws the bodies of the boys down. Jason ends the play by shouting after her that she should testify that there are no gods in heaven, where she is flying. (1026-1027). [6]