{"product_id":"medea-by-euripides-9781350523722","title":"Medea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEuripides' play \u003cem\u003eMedea\u003c\/em\u003e was 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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, \u003cem\u003eBlack Medea\u003c\/em\u003e, which interpreted Medea as an indigenous woman brought to a city by her ambitious husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383911858412,"sku":"9781350523722","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23149503482668.jpg?v=1773388213","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/medea-by-euripides-9781350523722","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}