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Theatre: Medea

Theatre: Medea: by Euripides UNITED STATES BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA  •  Zellerbach Hall  •  Ongoing   Fiona Shaw, Medea Jonathan Cake, Jason Siobhán McCarthy, nurse Robin Lang, tutor Struan Rodger, Kreon Joseph Mydell, Aegeus Derek Hutchinson, Messenger Chorus: Kirsten Campbell, Joyce Henderson, Rachel Isaac, Pauline Lynch, and Susan Salmon Deborah Warner, director The Abbey Theatre production of Euripides' Medea. The work tells the story of a sorceress, Medea, who used her powers to help her husband, Jason, leader of the Argonauts, capture the Golden Fleece. Jason later deserts her, in favor of gaining a kingdom through marriage to another. Forced into exile by the father of her husband's new child-bride, Medea plots a barbaric revenge against her unfaithful husband. The grotesque events that follow give structure to one of the most familiar and legendary of Greek tragedies, updated to modern times by director Deborah Warner in this new production. The characters appear in modern dress with Medea and Jason in plain clothes and the chorus is an assortment of everyday types — an office worker, a housewife, a New Age devotee, among others, while ancient Corinth is transformed into a bleak backyard scene, complete with a pool of water and massive glass wall. Cal Performances Web Site Contact: Tel: (1) 510 642 99 88 email this item to a friend