Theater
National Theatre Live: Medea
Sat, Sep 20, 2014
- 11:30AM
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RUN TIME: 1hr 40min
GENERAL ADMISSION:
$25; $23 for BAM members
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September 2014
Saturday September 20, 2014
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Part of
National Theatre Live 2014-15
By Euripides, in a new version by Ben Power
Directed by Carrie Cracknell
This screening was recorded from an earlier live performance.
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.
Helen McCrory (The Last of the Haussmans) returns to the National Theatre to take the title role in Euripides’ powerful tragedy, in a new version by Ben Power, directed by Carrie Cracknell (A Doll’s House, 2014 Winter/Spring).