Medea -- Euripides

<p><i>If there's a God, which at the moment I DOUBT, I want you to curse him.<br>If there's any justice, I want them - both of them - in a car crash.</i> <p/>Her husband's gone and her future isn't bright. Imprisoned in her marital home, Medea can't work, can't sleep and increasingly can't cope. While her child plays, she plots her revenge. <p/>This startlingly modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy explores the private fury bubbling under public behaviour and how in today's world a mother, fuelled by anger at her husband's infidelity, might be driven to commit the worst possible crime. <p/>The production is written and directed by one of the UK's most exciting and in-demand writers, Mike Bartlett, who has received critical acclaim for his plays including <i>Earthquakes in London</i>; <i>Cock</i> (Olivier Award), a new stage version of <i>Chariots of Fire</i>, and <i>Love Love Love</i>. This programme text coincides with a run at the Headlong Theatre in London from the 27th of September to the 1st of December 2012.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Euripides<br><b>Publisher:</b> Methuen Drama<br><b>Published:</b> 12/20/2012<br><b>Pages:</b> 96<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.20lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.30d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781408183915<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>Mike Barlett</b>'s debut play, <i> My Child</i> (2007), saw him hailed by The Stage as 'one of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times'. In 2009, <i>Cock</i