Filed under: University | Tags: Classical Literature and Civilisations, Comedy, EEEHH!, Euripides, Evil, Fire, Fun, Greek, Tragedy, University
As part of my core module in my degree I do Athenian drama. This is tragedy and comedy. As part of the first term we have to adapt the script and act in two scenes, one from a tragedy and one from a comedy. We officially finished our tragedy today. My group chose to take a scene out the play Medea by Euripides.
Medea (Greek: Μήδεια / Mēdeia) is an ancient Greek tragedy play written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot largely centers on the protagonist in her struggle with the world, and the revenge she brings about (by killing her two children) against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman, the princess Glauce.
We chose to do the scene where she is struggling with the decision to kill her children, its one of the most emotively dramatic pieces in the play and we thought we could make it very effective by using two people as Medea, so it’s almost as if her conscience is coming out. I was “Evil Medea”. 
We did really well, even when we nearly set the basement on fire. It taught us an invaluable lesson, keep 15 metres of fabric away from 100 tea light candles!
NEXT: a pantomime version of Wasps?
