{"product_id":"9781350523722","title":"Medea","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthors: Euripides, J.Michael Walton \u0026amp; Will Shuler\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAncient Greece | Ancient (Classical) Greek | Translation \u0026amp; interpretation | Plays, playscripts | Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval | Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e December 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Methuen Drama) in the United Kingdom as part of the 'Student Editions' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 80 pages \u003cbr\u003e129mm x 198mm x 6mm | 74g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuripides' play Medea 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\u003cp\u003eWill Shuler'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\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, Black Medea, which interpreted Medea as an indigenous woman brought to a city by her ambitious husband.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56496172892535,"sku":"9781350523722","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781350523722.jpg?v=1767975139","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781350523722","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}