Medea

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Medea
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Euripides
Translated by Ben Power
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:80
Dimensions(mm): Height 195,Width 125
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780571320769
ClassificationsDewey:882.0109
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 17 July 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'I choose to take back my life. My life.' Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she's left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day's grace. It's time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.

Author Biography

Ben Power plays include A Tender Thing (RSC), Elephantom (adapted from Ross Collins' book, National Theatre, West End) Ibsen's Emperor Galilean (Adaptation for the National Theatre), Cinderella (Lyric Hammersmith), Paradise Lost (adaptation for Headlong, Northampton, Hackney Empire) and for Headlong, with Rupert Goold, Six Characters in Search of an Author (Headlong tour, West End, International Tour) and Faustus.