MEDEA FIAM

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About the text:

"Punchy, sharp, visceral, the lines broken up in pauses as if, appropriately, spat on the page." -- George Szirtes

"Huge dramatic energy and great pace." -- Susan Bassnet

"It's not, as so many Senecan translations are, Baroque or exaggerated... I was delighted by its taut speakability." -- Edith Hall

About the performance:

“We had just spent sixty minutes engulfed in the turbulent, claustrophobic and terrifying mind of a woman scorned... Seneca, Stead, Slaney and the five Medeas wrenched us out of our comfort zones... rendering this adaptation intense, poignant and highly recommended.”

**** Holly Hewlett Oxford Theatre Review.

"A brilliant take on the famous myth, handled with utmost passion by each of the actresses. Translator Henry Stead has skilfully produced a metamorphosis of the Latin text to a clear, understandable and riveting English translation which upholds all the emotion of the original. It is not often that you see an ancient play so enjoyable and easy to follow..."

**** Laura Aitken-Burt, Oxford Theatre Review.

Stephen Spender Prize 2011

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