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In Search of Greek Theatre: Medea

Drama Performing Arts Production Arts
Helen McCrory and Danny Sapani in the National Theatre production of Medea, 2014. McCrory and Sapani are smiling and holding a large boxed gift.

Overview

This film focuses on the 2014 production of Medea.

In this short film resource, Dr Lucy Jackson (Assistant Professor Greek Literature, Durham University) and Erin Lee (Head of Archive, National Theatre) take you on a virtual visit to the National Theatre Archive. The film follows their exploration and discovery of how the work of ancient Greek dramatists can be communicated effectively through performance.

Part of a collection of short films unpacking seminal National Theatre productions of Greek tragedy.

Learning outcomes

This film is designed to support students who are studying Greek drama as part of a Drama or Classics course at A Level or above. The resource can also support students studying Medea as a set text for A Level Drama.

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In Search of Greek Theatre #2: Medea (2014)

Production information

Olivier Theatre, 2014.

Medea by Euripides; in a new version by Ben Power; directed by Carrie Cracknell; design by Tom Scutt; lighting design by Lucy Carter; choreography by Lucy Guerin; music for JIII by Will Gregory & Alison Goldfrapp; sound design by Gregory Clarke.

Photo © Richard Hubert Smith

The full production is available to stream on the National Theatre Collection

Suitability

Suitable for 14+/KS4+

Keywords

Euripides, Carrie Cracknell, Helen McCrory, Greek theatre, Classics, A Level Drama

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