Medea(s) on Stage from the mid-20th to the 21st Century: A Journey of the Self

Euripides’ Medea is the story of the mother-murderer, the scorned wife, the barbarian, the marginalized woman.  The complexity of her nature, character, and actions, her “otherness,” and her tragic story have long fascinated and inspired the imagination of artists worldwide, making Medea one of the most widely staged ancient Greek tragedies of the modern world.