| 单词 | Medea |
| 例句 | As his ship gained on them, Medea herself struck her brother down and cutting him limb from limb cast the pieces into the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Medea escaped as she always did and got safely away to Asia. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z From that moment Medea set herself to be revenged, as well she knew how. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon reaching Greece they disbanded, each hero going to his home, and Jason with Medea took the Golden Fleece to Pelias. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z With that he rose up and led his comrades back to the ship for the night, but Medea’s thoughts followed after him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She made Medea, all bewildered with love and misery, determine to fly with Jason. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z These are chemicals with extraordinary properties which are used to convert plants or animals into a sort of Medea’s robe by making them actually poisonous. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I have added the account of what Jason and Medea did there, taking it from the fifth-century tragic poet Euripides, who made it the subject of one of his best plays. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, the thing is, Medea was so distraught by the world, and felt so betrayed, that she murdered her own kids. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z In Greek mythology the sorceress Medea, enraged at being supplanted by a rival for the affections of her husband Jason, presented the new bride with a robe possessing magic properties. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She was a sorceress of some sort, maybe like Medea or Circe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The plan was not his, but Medea’s, the heroine of the Quest of the Golden Fleece who knew through her sorcery who Theseus was. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason remembered Medea’s words and flung a huge stone into their midst. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a story, too, that Medea restored Jason’s father to life and made him young again, and that she gave to Jason the secret of perpetual youth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Two sons were born to them and all seemed well, even to Medea in her exile, lonely as exile must always be. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They rested on their oars, and Medea kneeling prayed to the hounds of Hades to come and destroy him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In one of his plays, Medea says, “What greater grief than the loss of one’s native land?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The next time we hear of her is after the Argonauts returned, when Medea had killed Jason’s uncle Pelias under the pretext of restoring him to youth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Others say that Apsyrtus set sail on Argo with Medea, although why he did so is not explained, and that it was the King who pursued them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The only way to power for women is sorcery. Medea, Calypso, now there were powerful women! And me, of course. The greatest of all.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When Medea knew the deed was done she turned her mind to one still more dreadful. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason, bent upon punishing this wickedness, turned to Medea for the help which had never failed him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Into this busy scene stole the Princess Medea, curious to see the visitors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Circe and Medea are the only witches and they are young and of surpassing beauty—delightful, not horrible. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The guardian serpent was very terrible, but Medea approached it fearlessly and singing a sweet magical song she charmed it to sleep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The difference between Euripides’ Medea and Apollonius’ heroine and also Virgil’s Dido is in its degree a measure of what Greek tragedy was. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When he reached Medea it seemed to her as if her heart left her to go to him; a dark mist clouded her eyes and she had no strength to move. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “But when you are once more safe at home remember Medea, as I will remember you forever.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed the only plan that offered any hope and they urged the prince to go back and try to win Medea over, not knowing that the God of Love had already done that. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At last Medea spoke and told him how to use the charm and that when it was sprinkled on his weapons it would make them as well as himself invincible for a day. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He led an army so great that it seemed impossible for the little band of heroes either to conquer it or to escape, but Medea saved them again, this time by a horrible deed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As the hero put it on, the effect was the same as that of the robe Medea had sent her rival whom Jason was about to marry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was killed by his daughters under the direction of Medea, Jason’s wife. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever else she lacked Medea had plenty of intelligence. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Next came Crete—where they would have landed but for Medea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The maiden, who was named Medea, knew how to work very powerful magic, and could undoubtedly save the Argonauts if she would use her dark knowledge for them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As they talked there came to them one of the King’s grandsons whose life Jason once had saved, and he told them of Medea’s magic power. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z By now what had happened was known to the King, and he sent his son in pursuit—Medea’s brother, Apsyrtus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The work’s ending, as written, is Medea’s triumph, not her tragedy. Review: In the Met Opera’s ‘Medea,’ a Soprano Stands Alone 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z He also performed in the theater, including Broadway appearances in “Wait Until Dark,” “Medea” and “The Price.” ‘Dark Shadows,’ ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor Mitchell Ryan dies 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “I mean, it’s Medea – and not Tyler Perry’s version – so it’s not full of laughs.” Rose Byrne: ‘You understand why feminists are furious – we’re still talking about this?’ 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Stone is back, with a reworking of another classic: Euripides’s “Medea.” Things to Do in N.Y.C. This January 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Thoroughly modern Medea … Headlong's current production at Glasgow's Citizens theatre. Headlong to tackle Chekhov's The Seagull 2012-11-22T13:00:44Z Three years ago we were performing “Medea” at the East River Park Amphitheater. Surprises at the Delacorte Theater and Other Outdoor Spaces 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z To help him, Medea puts the dragon guarding the fleece to sleep by chanting spells and drizzling herbal potions in its eyes. Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Later in the poem, more ominously, Medea scatters herbs into the wind, and their scent lures her own brother into an ambush. Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Was Medea’s revenge on Jason so bravura that playgoers stopped to shower the actors in wild applause? Perspective | Play It Again | These songs from musicals changed my life. Now they can sustain me. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Various venues, Fri to 25 Jul, ifmiltonkeynes.org Hotel Medea, London Now this one is really for the night owls, or insomniacs; certainly not the faint-hearted. This week's new theatre 2010-07-09T23:06:00Z He would soon leave for Vienna, then return to New York for “Medea” rehearsal and previews, where he would try, every night, to heave the past — his, mine, everyone’s — into our shared present. Simon Stone Faced the Unthinkable. He Thinks You Should Too. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Toni Morrison's fiction has reworked stories from the classical tradition, including Euripedes' "Medea" and Ovid's "Metamorphoses." In "Rumors," Lizzo and Cardi B pull from the ancient Greeks, putting a new twist on an old tradition 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Irwin likens the tale’s ruthless protagonist to Medea, but a better comparison might be Milady of “The Three Musketeers,” whose sexual power is so great that she can bend any man to her will. In these medieval Arab tales, a heavy dollop of spice 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The Roman poet Horace wrote several poems about a character named Canidia, who is a more horrific witch than Medea: Her teeth are black, and she uses her long fingernails to dig up graves. Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Medea, written and directed by Simon Stone, after Euripides. Review | Beware. This stylish ‘Medea’ adaptation offers no escape, for Rose Byrne or for you. 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z “Medea” is in one of his favored aesthetic modes: gray, grim and effective. Review: In the Met Opera’s ‘Medea,’ a Soprano Stands Alone 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Norma is a descendant of Medea, a character who opened the Met’s season in Luigi Cherubini’s 1797 opera. Two Operas, Two Sopranos, Two Very Different Impacts 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The result is that Medea’s victimhood — by disloyal husband and border control alike — is underlined, at the expense of her fearsome power. Nearly 100, the Salzburg Festival Doesn’t Wait to Celebrate 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z A war within a marriage is also the subject of Euripides's story about the much-vilified Medea who is abandoned by her husband, Jason, for a new model. This week's new theatre 2011-08-05T23:09:29Z Paradoxically, it’s Medea’s devotion to her children that gets them killed. Analysis | Why are there so many stories about parents killing kids? A new movie treats it as comedy. 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z David McVicar, the director of “Medea,” said he felt Radvanovsky had found a way to draw on her pain without being overpowered by it. How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z She cited his influence in her decision to do “Medea,” the ancient Greek drama of a woman who is betrayed by her lover and kills their children in revenge. Actress Zoe Caldwell, Tony winner for ‘Medea,’ dies at 86 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Medea New adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy about the barbarian princess scorned by her husband, the hero Jason. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Sept. 3-10: 'Once' at South Coast Rep and more 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Her first professional gig was at La MaMa Theater at age 6, in an experimental production of “Medea.” The Diane Lane Thing is deep and it’s real. Especially with women. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z ‘A performance of incomparable power’: Sarah Connolly as Medea. The Flying Dutchman; Medea – review 2013-02-24T00:07:18Z The first play he ever saw, when he was ten, was “Medea.” How to Write for the Rockettes 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Another scent from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, "Medea," describes her as "the embodiment of ruthless power, indomitable will and furious vengeance." Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Tyler Perry, a perennial Razzie punching bag, took home the worst actress raspberry for his popular drag character Madea in“Boo 2: A Medea Halloween.” 'Emoji Movie' swoons below Cruise, Gibson at 'worst in film' Razzies 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z But he was captivated, he said, when he saw “Medea: SexWar,” a physically ferocious production by the Volcano Theater Company in Swansea. Spring Performance: John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett Collaborate on ?Once? 2012-02-22T21:17:17Z Medea had nothing on these mums, whose attitude to sex has been so deformed by guilt they are prepared to sacrifice their own progeny rather than face up to their own tortured consciences. Mothers of invention: why Hollywood always returns to mum-horror 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z But his passivity means that when he finally registers the full extent of Medea’s payback, it’s hard to respond with the dazed, horrified wonder the moment demands. ‘Medea’ Review: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, Torched by Love 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z If Medea, who murders her young sons to avenge her pride, is a fit subject for drama, what isn’t? Review: ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ an Unnerving Alliance of Children and Art 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z For Byrne, there is relief in the fact that she finished her run in Medea, the most testing role of her career. Rose Byrne: ‘You understand why feminists are furious – we’re still talking about this?’ 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Yearning to play Olive is the opposite of yearning to play Medea. Frances McDormand, True to Herself in HBO’s ‘Olive Kitteridge’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z If you want to stay up all night, Hotel Medea at Trinity Bouy Wharf from next Friday lasts from midnight to 5.30am. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-07-09T16:38:00Z Even early on, her teacher must have recognized a budding gift for oracular authority, giving her diva titans like Norma, Medea and Lady Macbeth to work on. Diamanda Galás Gives Voice to Unbearable Pain, Once More 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z “I really felt I was Medea,” she said. How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z He also staged a highly stylized all-male version of “Medea” in the park that summer. Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Who Directed Avant-Garde Productions of Classics, Dies 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Intense but often funny, “Not Medea” is a resonant meditation on guilt, alienation, resilience and double standards for men and women. Standout plays at this year’s Contemporary American Theater Festival: The list 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z "Medea" may be the hardest Greek tragedy for modern audiences to understand, and "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles" is Alfaro's third attempt to grapple with it. Luis Alfaro's 'Mojada' draws on Greek tragedy, Mexican American immigration 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Although the end of “Medea” may not be as dreadful as Euripides intended, these radical departures have been a critical success. A new take on Greek tragedy 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Greene’s Arkadina tends toward shrillness and screechy high volume, to the point that a shudder ran through me when the discussion turned to her performance of Medea — another unsubtle Williams interpolation. Theater Review: ‘The Notebook of Trigorin’ by Tennessee Williams at the Flea 2013-05-09T02:00:02Z They also happen in classical tragedy, and this monologue, written by Aaron Mark, is called “Another Medea.” Tom Hewitt in ‘Another Medea’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z “Medea” isn’t the only diva vehicle being uncorked at the Met. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z In fact, it is Medea, the play by Sophocles. The Carpetbagger: A Filmmaker Comes to Terms With a Modern Medea 2012-12-12T20:00:48Z The drama that arises from these encounters is a reckoning between male privilege and female rage as timeless as “Medea” and as contemporary as #MeToo. Review | A woman reconstructs her past with the help of an old journal in ‘Memories of the Future’ 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Cake, the British actor who was Jason to Fiona Shaw’s Medea, renders Max with an expert mixture of cocky machismo and plaintive resignation. | 'Restoration': Claudia Shear at New York Theater Workshop 2010-05-20T02:25:00Z But which of the below assistance did Medea not provide? How well do you know Medea? – quiz 2012-10-05T09:10:36Z Medea may go to extremes unknown to most of us, but this production keeps you on her side every step of the way. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z He talks in a director's statement about his film being "a suburban Medea," but, in fact, a better reference point than lofty Greek tragedy would be the down-to-earth novels of James M. Cain. 'A Wolf at the Door' a disturbing noir tale of obsession 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z His “Medea,” which ran at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in early 2020, was a stripped-down portrait of a marriage in free fall. Risking Boos, the Met Opera Puts Present-Day America Onstage 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z It’s the subterranean drive of these ritualistic dance sequences that propels the production’s boldest leap: when Ms. Acogny suddenly becomes Medea, reciting Euripides and tearing apart pillows to symbolize killing her children. Review: An African Dance Matriarch Brings Out the Knives 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z We've also, over the years, seen Hanson in a vast range of roles — whether Medea, Lady Macbeth or Pat Nixon — in stagings traditional and unconventional. Suzan Hanson brings immediacy, authenticity to Long Beach Opera's 'La Voix Humaine' 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z But you’re talking about being a parent that can be anything from Medea to Donna Reed. “I think that it’s easier to seek revenge than come to terms with someone inside.”: Holly Hunter stars in “Strange Weather” 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z "Macbeth/Medea/Cinderella": This ambitious merging of three classic myths into one theatrical opus is rather like a triple-decker sandwich of tuna fish, peanut butter and Velveeta cheese. Myth and mirth take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare fest 2012-07-19T21:29:02Z Like Medea, whose own Jason treats her so shabbily, Marcus has our sympathy — up to the point where the killing starts. Tom Hewitt in ‘Another Medea’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z “Medea” was his third time opening a Met season. A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The grim heroine of “Cave” is the sorceress Medea. Dance Review: Bront?s and Medea, Bent Into New Forms 2011-03-17T22:53:06Z It was the horrible, dead-end logic of depression that drove this Medea. How Helen McCrory Shone, Even in a Haze of Mystery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z “I could not have thought of a better role to be singing right now than Medea,” she said. The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Medea, for example — the most famous witch of antiquity — casts magic through scent repeatedly in Apollonius' epic poem "Argonautica," about the hero Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece. Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z As a sorceress — Circe is her aunt — and a priestess of Hecate, Medea alone possesses the philtres and spells that will allow Our Hero to fulfill his mission impossible. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers His mastery of style and dramatic pacing were very much in evidence Saturday night at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in the second opera of the cycle, Charpentier's "Medea." French Baroque treasure rescued in stormy 'Medea' 2011-04-24T22:52:00Z Rizzi’s “Medea” had the formality of Gluck, who influenced Cherubini, mixed with hints of the tumultuous “Sturm und Drang” movement to come. A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z This stylish ‘Medea’ adaptation offers no escape, for Rose Byrne or for you. Perspective | Can this generation’s Tony and Maria find their place in yet another ‘West Side Story’? 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z In the original play, Medea leaves the killing scene in triumph, rising to the heavens in a golden chariot. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z If the role is one of theatre's most challenging, it is striking how many actors recall playing Medea with real passion. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z As with “Medea,” you knew there was nothing like a happy ending on offer. ‘Medea’ Review: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, Torched by Love 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z This “Medea” is definitely shaped by the sensibility that animated her “Doll’s House,” which had the suspense quotient of a Hitchcock nail-biter. Theater Review: ‘Medea,’ Kathleen Turner and Noël Coward on London Stages 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The Medea tale, spread over three pots, is a tabloid nightmare: jealous wife poisons rival and knifes two children, her own. Review: ‘A World of Emotions’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z In it, Griffin held a dummy head of President Trump, bloodied with red goo, like Perseus and Medea or something out of a jihad video. The White House correspondents’ dinner doesn’t draw stars anymore. So Kathy Griffin had it to herself. 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z God forbid one side of the cage should slip off its little pedestal, or the long gown Medea is wearing underneath gets caught around the metal legs. The painful truth about those Noguchi stage designs 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Opera Omaha’s inaugural ONE Festival, running through April 22, embraces opera’s roots with its tentpole production, Cherubini’s “Medea,” which plays next weekend in the Orpheum Theater. An Opera Festival’s Local Focus 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Medea Citizens, Glasgow Until 13 October Then touring "I really enjoy and embrace her," says Stirling. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z They tell familiar stories from an unexpected point of view: that of Orpheus, but from the perspective of womankind; that of Jason and Aeson, through Medea. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Medea's odoriferous potions and Canidia's fragrant spells resemble ordinary women's perfumes, but exaggerated to supernatural levels. Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Perry in a dress, with Medea's fake breasts swaying inside like half-filled sandbags. Madea's Big Happy Family: Tyler Perry's Drag Ball 2011-04-24T14:05:00Z Like Medea and others of her like, she is the giver of life and its destroyer. ‘La Llorona’ Review: The General in His Horrific Labyrinth 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z After some sweet talk, Hera persuades the goddess of love to bribe her son Eros — a spoiled brat who almost never listens to Mom — into making Aeëtes’s daughter Medea grow madly infatuated with Jason. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers “Let’s talk about the elephant in the room,” the soprano Sondra Radvanovsky said after a recent rehearsal of Luigi Cherubini’s “Medea” at the Metropolitan Opera. The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z So down a flight of stairs swept mostly black ensembles with the names of famous tragic heroines of literature like Medea, Juliet and Hecuba. 2010-01-28T17:53:00Z She plucked other details from the Argonautica, an epic poem about the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, which describes how Circe performs a purification ritual for Jason and Medea. Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Tyler Perry, a perennial Razzie punching bag, took home the worst actress raspberry for his popular drag character Madea in“Boo 2: A Medea Halloween.” 'Emoji Movie' swoons below Cruise, Gibson at 'worst in film' Razzies 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Every actor I speak to who has played Medea talks about a heightened awareness of news stories about parents – men and women – killing their children in similar circumstances. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z In mid-December, I visited rehearsal for the New York “Medea,” on the fourth floor of BAM’s Fisher building. Simon Stone Faced the Unthinkable. He Thinks You Should Too. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Mike Bartlett's updated Medea is at Warwick Arts Centre, where you can also glimpse work in progress from the wonderful Action Hero. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-11-09T16:10:44Z He was being diplomatic; he loved the Fringe when he was younger but now, well, he isn’t up for an all-night event that is inspired by “Medea,” or similar fare, he said. For Theater Lovers, a City Is the Stage, and a Purple Cow Is a Prop 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z Maria Callas defined the role of Medea in the 1950s with a series of seminal recordings, and her interpretation still looms large. How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z At this point Medea has been through a lot, and she has made a decision. Joyce DiDonato, Standing on Her Own Just Fine 2010-03-20T04:45:00Z From Orestes to Hamlet, Medea and Macbeth, the underlying struggle is that of the individual attempting to gain his “rightful” position in his society. Life of a ?Salesman? 2012-03-01T19:52:26Z He added: “Weirdly, playing a role like Medea, I think, has been really healthy for her. It’s cathartic.” How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z As she demonstrated in her brilliant portrayal of Medea in 2002, she is an expert in the art of festering. | 'John Gabriel Borkman': Ibsen?s Big Chill, With Soul Mates Frozen in Time 2011-01-14T03:01:01Z Also on the list: the British novelist and memoirist Rachel Cusk, for her adaptation of “Medea.” Lynn Nottage Wins Blackburn Prize for 'Sweat' 1462-02-27T05:00:00Z At the back of the set is a primeval forest that could serve double duty for the witches from "Macbeth" and where Medea howls her curses and will later kill her sons. Modern 'Medea' in London stars Potter film's Helen McCrory 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Like Medea, who butchered her own babies to get back at her ex, all they want is revenge. Mothers of invention: why Hollywood always returns to mum-horror 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for them, this is where Audrey descends to lick her wounds after that “Medea” fiasco. Nicky Silver’s ‘Too Much Sun’ Stars Linda Lavin 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Goldfrapp were the last group to score a stage play, working on Medea, which opened at the National Theatre in July. White Lies star writes theatre score 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z Apollonius’s account of Medea’s inner turmoil — loyalty to family, desire for Jason, suicidal despair — is strikingly modern. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers Rose Byrne is the rapidly decompensating Medea of this stylishly updated version at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, replete with such modernizing gewgaws as roving cameras and giant video screens. Review | Beware. This stylish ‘Medea’ adaptation offers no escape, for Rose Byrne or for you. 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Shaw and her director, Deborah Warner, decided to do away with the gods and the chariot altogether: instead, Shaw's Medea ended the play flirtatiously flicking water in Jason's face. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z Only one Graham work was danced in its entirety, and it was a jewel: “Cave of the Heart,” an acidic 1946 examination of the myth of Medea. Crossfit junkies have nothing on these dancers: Martha Graham’s hardbodied style Others will recall that Circe — Medea’s aunt, the sister of her father, Aeetes — cleansed Medea and Jason of their crimes, as they fled Colchis with the Golden Fleece and murdered Medea’s brother. Turning Circe Into a Good Witch 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z It is also a fair summing up of Euripides’ “Medea,” one of the bloodiest and most disturbing of Greek tragedies. Theater Review: ‘Medea,’ Kathleen Turner and Noël Coward on London Stages 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z But Radvanovsky and McVicar’s conception of the role can sometimes seem so desperate to have that effect — to read as intense — that they stint Medea’s stature, her authority beyond her hysteria. Review: In the Met Opera’s ‘Medea,’ a Soprano Stands Alone 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s easy to imagine a younger McTeer as Medea, a role well matched to this fearless actress’s elegantly smoky voice and imposing physicality. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Medea, a proud and fiercely independent sorceress, slowly revives Aeson with herbs and minerals bound by her own blood. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The soprano Elizabeth Atherton sings her roles with abandon: knowing and sarcastic as Woman; distant and lonely as Eurydice; a Kundry and a Salome compressed in a caldron of erotic enchantment as Medea. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Jocasta loved her offspring a little too much; Medea a little too little. What a mother should be 2013-05-12T10:00:00Z A Filmmaker Comes to Terms With a Modern Medea What is it about Belgian filmmakers and their fascination with children in peril? The Carpetbagger: A Filmmaker Comes to Terms With a Modern Medea 2012-12-12T20:00:48Z Scott Thomas is currently appearing in a London production of "Medea," at the Old Vic. Kristin Scott Thomas to play Queen Elizabeth II in London 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z That’s the kernel, for Medea gives Aeson the potion by three kisses, a ritual of creation conducted for her own pleasure — occult, carnal — as much as for Jason’s vanity. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z In one of several of Power's updatings that drew laughs from the audience, Medea reassures the nurse who has seen her kowtowing to Kreon that she has not suddenly gone soft. Modern 'Medea' in London stars Potter film's Helen McCrory 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Hotel Medea is a new, not to say irreverent take on the Greek myth that turns it into a Brazilian street party. This week's new theatre 2010-07-09T23:06:00Z Jason and Medea have returned from Colchis, where her magic won him the Golden Fleece. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z In another similarity to the Medea story, Tamas is allowed to remain at the Count’s court despite his known predilection for violence — a time bomb waiting to go off. Opera Review: Donizetti's Birthplace Revives His Bel Canto Gem,' Gemma Di Vergi' 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z McVicar joined the production, not only because and Radvanovsky have a long, fruitful relationship together in opera, but also because a work like “Medea” is where, he said, he feels most at home. The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z And it does: among her choices are a musical about the South African singer Miriam Makeba and a version of “Medea” set among immigrants in Los Angeles. Doors Open for Women and People of Color at Top Ranks of American Theater 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Medea is on at the National Theatre until 4 September. How Goldfrapp put Medea to music 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z The two-level set on which Medea stews includes shabby living quarters, which evidently haven’t been redecorated since the 1970s, that open onto a spooky, woodsy backyard dominated by two ominous children’s swings. Theater Review: ‘Medea,’ Kathleen Turner and Noël Coward on London Stages 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z But it’s hard to spoil the conclusion of “Medea” for anyone with a passing knowledge of Greek mythology. ‘Medea’ Review: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, Torched by Love 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Playing Mary makes perfect sense for Shaw, who specializes in powerful, heart-pounding works, from a modern-dress "Medea" to Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days" to performing Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Fiona Shaw plays the Virgin Mary with 'no agenda' 2013-04-12T13:00:14Z Not long after Shorter and Spalding decided to take on “Iphigenia,” the writer Rachel Cusk put out a wrenching, modernized telling of “Medea” that won critical praise. How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The first entrance of the title character in Luigi Cherubini’s opera “Medea” is prolonged until we almost can’t take it anymore. Review: In the Met Opera’s ‘Medea,’ a Soprano Stands Alone 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Throughout, Okonedo displays the suppleness of thought, and the wit, with which Medea surely once bewitched Jason, and the remorseless logic that has led to her monstrous deeds. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles" spares none of the original's horror and, if anything, deepens it with a nightmarish depiction of the clandestine journeys today's immigrants may attempt to get to the United States. Luis Alfaro's 'Mojada' draws on Greek tragedy, Mexican American immigration 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Medea, which opened on Monday night, features a live band of five musicians who will play on stage as the drama unfolds. How Goldfrapp put Medea to music 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Photograph: Manuel Harlan At the opening of Euripides’ play, Medea finds herself abandoned by her husband Jason, in spite of all her efforts helping him to gain the Golden Fleece. How well do you know Medea? – quiz 2012-10-05T09:10:36Z But first back to Medea, who is generating the most talk, as is her wont. Theater Review: ‘Medea,’ Kathleen Turner and Noël Coward on London Stages 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z And “Cave of the Heart,” Graham’s take on Medea, is still a thriller of inexorable force. Review: Pushing 100, the Martha Graham Dance Company Leans Into Youth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Though their deaths made their mother eternally infamous, little is known about the children Medea murdered. ‘Medea’ Review: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, Torched by Love 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z He tells Medea it's all for her and for their son. Luis Alfaro's 'Mojada' draws on Greek tragedy, Mexican American immigration 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Warner remains best known internationally for her Broadway staging of Euripides' Medea, which earned both her and Shaw Tony nominations in 2003. Potter actress Shaw steps in at Met 2013-08-07T14:28:07Z But Lane said she grew up with a theatrical background, first acting in a New York production of "Medea" at age 6. Diane Lane takes the stage in Chicago play 2012-09-22T20:01:04Z As she prepared for the demands of the eight-run performance of “Medea” at the Met, she began personal training sessions with a focus on strengthening her core muscles. How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “Medea wasn’t a character I believed in until my Robert started to talk to me about her in human terms,” she told The New York Times a few days after the Tony ceremony. Actress Zoe Caldwell, Tony winner for ‘Medea,’ dies at 86 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z They also perform twitchy dances to the Goldfrapp score suggestive of the pressures on women who, as Medea says, must split in two to give birth. Modern 'Medea' in London stars Potter film's Helen McCrory 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z When I heard the story on the radio, I thought, "That's Medea." The Carpetbagger: A Filmmaker Comes to Terms With a Modern Medea 2012-12-12T20:00:48Z In between, she dared to be a Medea who had hit bottom before the play even started. How Helen McCrory Shone, Even in a Haze of Mystery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z As part of the Harkness Dance Festival, the troupe performs “Cave of the Heart,” Graham’s ultra-dramatic telling of the story of Medea. Dance Listings for March 13-19 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Her husband, the explorer Jason, has transferred his affections to the daughter of the king of Corinth, leaving Medea to fester in grief and anger, and to plot literature’s most celebrated infanticide. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z It isn't only Medea who is confined and reduced by these circumstances. Medea – review 2012-10-03T10:44:54Z She sang with wily lyricism when Medea is trying to win back her husband, Jason, and steely intensity when, unhinged by his betrayal, she seeks revenge by killing their two children. Critic?s Notebook: A Blizzard This Summer at Glimmerglass 2011-08-02T16:06:03Z Medea is one of the best roles you can play. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z Mike Bartlett's updated Medea is at Warwick Arts Centre until tomorrow, where you can also get a glimpse of work in progress from the wonderful Action Hero. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-11-16T12:18:25Z Jason, the same one from mythology whom Medea helped to steal the Golden Fleece from her own father in far-away Colchis, is the perfect male hypocrite. Modern 'Medea' in London stars Potter film's Helen McCrory 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Even in the more traditional productions, Medea's godly lineage is problematic, because Euripides uses it to avoid the question of guilt. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z Far from being a willing infanticide, Shaw argues, Medea forces herself to kill her children so that no one else can. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z A new adaptation of Euripides' Medea, by Ben Power, starring Helen McCrory in the title role, opens in July. New Tom Stoppard play for National 2014-03-20T14:53:35Z The play was Euripides’ “Medea,” which is not exactly children’s theater, unless you like your children violently murdered. With ‘Significant Other,’ Joshua Harmon Happily Writes About the Unhappy 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Most plays with weighty female lead roles - Medea or Hedda Gabler or A Doll's House - had either been done recently or did not appeal. Maxine Peake hails her sporting hero 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The ballet distills the Greek legend of Medea into a few taut scenes. The painful truth about those Noguchi stage designs 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “What if someone woke up today, and discovered that as much as they were trying to run away from it, they’ve ended up being Yerma or they’ve ended up being Medea?” he said. Simon Stone Faced the Unthinkable. He Thinks You Should Too. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z At the peak of her powers … Sarah Connolly in Medea at the Coliseum, London. Medea – review 2013-02-17T17:10:39Z Many of the shows – Atkins as Medea, a wonderful revival of Shaw's You Never Can Tell – transferred to London. Toby Robertson obituary 2012-07-08T17:28:50Z “Norma” and “Elektra” have riches beyond their dominating protagonists; “Medea” is almost entirely Medea. Review: In the Met Opera’s ‘Medea,’ a Soprano Stands Alone 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Medea A scorned wife plots bloody revenge in Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy. L.A. theater openings, Aug. 14-21: 'My Girlfriend Is an Alien! by Neil DeFacto' and more 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The novel’s feminist slant also appeals, offering — like revisions of Medea including Rachel Cusk’s 2015 adaptation of the play or David Vann’s 2017 novel “Bright Air Black” — a reclamation of one of myth’s reviled women. Turning Circe Into a Good Witch 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z A few days before New York locked down and Broadway closed indefinitely, Rose Byrne was on stage in Brooklyn, doing Medea. Rose Byrne: ‘You understand why feminists are furious – we’re still talking about this?’ 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z A deadly Corinthian blossom A poisoned robe and coronet A mouldy bottle of wine A set of booby-trapped teatowels The Medea myth has also been adapted numerous times for the opera stage. How well do you know Medea? – quiz 2012-10-05T09:10:36Z He pares the role of King Kreon, played by Martin Turner, who as a result gives in a bit too easily to Medea's plea to stay an extra day before being banished from Corinth. Modern 'Medea' in London stars Potter film's Helen McCrory 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Alfaro wrote "Mojada," a new play rather than a refinement of "Bruja," imagining Medea as a magically gifted seamstress instead of a healer, and setting it in Chicago's Mexican American immigrant community. Luis Alfaro's 'Mojada' draws on Greek tragedy, Mexican American immigration 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Medea, Greek tragedy's wronged wife turned homicidal avenger, is currently living as a seamstress in Boyle Heights. 'Mojada' at the Getty Villa convincingly updates Greek tragedy to modern-day L.A. 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Apollonius ends his poem only after Medea and Jason consummate their rather one-sided love affair on top of the Golden Fleece itself. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers San Francisco One minute, Bruce and Medea Bern were laughing at the jokes of celebrity chef Hugh Acheson as he whipped up a shrimp soup. San Francisco’s Outside Lands Moves Beyond the Music 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z That was true for the last character Ms. McCrory embodied at the National, Euripides’ Medea. On the London Stage, Love Doesn’t Just Hurt, It Kills 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z ‘Medea’ in previews at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Things to Do in N.Y.C. This January 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Her vocal coach, Anthony Manoli, suggested she spend some time looking at “Medea,” and she began to notice similarities with “Norma.” How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z When he ultimately rejects her for someone younger and better connected, Medea violently vents her rage on the "other woman" — and even on her own kids. Review: 'Jason and Medea' by Theatre 9/12 is love, battle, betrayal 2011-02-03T21:04:07Z The Japanese material, which includes a Kabuki staging of “Medea” and a quick tour of a Tokyo department store with mannequins inspired by Greek statues, is the more persuasive. ‘The Owl’s Legacy’ Explores the Glory That Was Greece 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The fury and wounded pride the character experiences at being rejected for a younger woman give Medea a kind of normalcy. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z But as a 15-year-old, she says, Medea "made total sense to me". Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z “The way they play ‘Medea’ is not the way they play ‘Tosca,’” he said. A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Seven children, age 11 to 15, sit artfully spaced across the stage, looking innocently at the audience as it prepares to watch them enact a story that makes Medea look like Maria von Trapp. Review: ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ an Unnerving Alliance of Children and Art 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Her character is Medea, and the meaning of her first word is “I shall die.” Joyce DiDonato, Standing on Her Own Just Fine 2010-03-20T04:45:00Z For Graham’s tale of Medea, the 1946 “Cave of the Heart,” Noguchi was inspired by Greek islands. Dance Review: Celebrating an Enduring Partnership 2011-03-18T23:15:10Z This season she dances Jocasta in “Night Journey” for the first time and returns to one of her favorites roles, Medea, in “Cave of the Heart.” Living and Breathing Martha Graham 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z I don’t recall ever seeing a dramatization of “Medea” in which the heroine is less internalized. Dance Review: Smuin Ballet Performs ‘Oh, Inverted World’ at the Joyce 2012-08-15T22:30:56Z Elizabeth I as corporate peacemaker; Medea, without the marital issues. Sundance's 'The Honorable Woman' a brave foray into conflict 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z In her works, including "Cassandra" and "Medea," Wolf explored themes of war and power shifts through a woman's experience. Christa Wolf, writer from then-East Germany, dies 2011-12-01T12:10:14Z Perry allows Medea a few interludes, shot in long takes to catch the improvs, but the badinage falls flat. Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas: How Low Can You Go? 2013-12-13T20:39:26Z This winter the Brooklyn Academy of Music will produce his harrowing reworking of Euripides’s “Medea,” starring the actors Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale. Simon Stone Faced the Unthinkable. He Thinks You Should Too. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Social critics have long turned to Euripides’s plays, especially “Iphigenia in Aulis,” “Iphigenia in Tauris” and “Medea,” which also features a woman tangled up in the whims of the gods. How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z In C. S. Lewis' 1953 novel "The Silver Chair," for example, a witch appears who could be Medea's cousin. Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z But Medea is the one who's far more intuitive, far more insightful, far more funny. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z She made her Broadway debut in 1947 in a production of "Medea," starring Judith Anderson, and later appeared in hits such as "Equus" and "Deathtrap." Ayckbourn, Seldes slated for special Tony Awards 2010-04-21T20:46:00Z Mr. Alexie characterizes his mother, Lillian, as the community historian — “the reservation Medea” — their tribe’s “last connection to the ancient stories and songs.” Sherman Alexie and the Tricky Art of Memoir 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z “Medea,” by contrast, charts a merciless 90-minute descent into the abyss, using the 1946 Robinson Jeffers adaptation from the Greek that is the play’s preferred version on Broadway. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z This Medea is too big for a place like this, her passions too intense, her intelligence too vicious, and in Bartlett's own production, there are an unexpected number of laughs. Medea – review 2012-10-03T10:44:54Z In the novel’s most unnerving encounter, young Medea stops by mid-honeymoon fresh from chopping up her brother. Review | The original nasty woman is a goddess for our times 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z It feels fitting that someone should have had a supernatural experience: in Greek myth and Euripides' play, Medea is the granddaughter of the sun-god Helios and niece of Circe, a witch. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z But there’s also a feeling that Medea has been shrunk to dimensions that the 21st-century mind can wrap itself around. Theater Review: ‘Medea,’ Kathleen Turner and Noël Coward on London Stages 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z ‘FEDORA’ “Medea” isn’t the only diva vehicle being uncorked at the Met. Classical Music and Opera This Fall: 59 Programs, Premieres and More 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z But for “Medea,” he envisioned an all-white set — spare, clinical, a kind of laboratory for human experiment. Simon Stone Faced the Unthinkable. He Thinks You Should Too. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Agamemnon, Abraham and even literature’s most famous child killer, Medea, agonize over their choice, and ultimately bow to their duty to country, God or love. Analysis | Why are there so many stories about parents killing kids? A new movie treats it as comedy. 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z McVicar, for his part, referred to the opera as a soprano version of “Hamlet” because once Medea enters, she more or less never leaves the stage, in various states of distress and fury. The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z She feels like a character in search of an opera of her own — and she’d find it, in a sense, 15 years later, in “Medea.” A Trio of Dangerous Women in a Met Opera Week to Remember 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z We hear the sorceress Medea before we see her, pleading for death from somewhere beneath the stage. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The first performance will be Luigi Cherubini’s “Medea,” which opened the Met season last week to largely positive reviews. Coming Soon: Met Operas Streamed Live Into Your Living Room 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Medea became Anna, a biochemist with two children and a faithless husband who takes credit for her research. Simon Stone Faced the Unthinkable. He Thinks You Should Too. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z In Euripides’s “Medea”, the last of the season of three plays, which opened on October 1st directed by Mr Goold, Medea murders her two children as revenge on her unfaithful husband. A new take on Greek tragedy 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Veiel says he wanted to show the early Ensslin in all her contradictions, not just the tough militant and "Medea that coldly sacrifices her child" like in previous portrayals. Film casts new light on Germany's Red Army Fraction 2011-02-17T18:35:42Z "Medea" is a virtual compendium of vocal and instrumental forms of the period, with long stretches of accompanied recitative giving way to ariosos, laments, choruses, orchestral dance music and the like. French Baroque treasure rescued in stormy 'Medea' 2011-04-24T22:52:00Z PeiJu Chien-Pott later appeared as a vicious, glittering Medea, but the floor-exercise section afforded an even more intimate chance to witness the power of her torso, which coils and releases like a spring. Review: Martha Graham Dance Company in an Intimate Performance 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Helen and her world may belong to the here and now, but it’s the centuries-old tale of Medea that really strikes at the heart anew. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Helen McCrory won best actress for her title role in Greek tragedy Medea at the National Theatre. Mark Strong honoured for Miller role 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z She said she had turned down, at least for now, an offer to play Medea — not coincidentally, perhaps, the role that gave Callas her sole movie experience, under the direction of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Monica Bellucci Tries on the Dress, and Life, of Maria Callas 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The rage, temper and insult of the dialogue between Medea and her husband Jason, here conducted on their mobile phones, reveal a direct linguistic link from ancient Greece to contemporary soap opera. A new take on Greek tragedy 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z “If any other singer had asked me” about “Medea,” he said, “I would have probably not have responded as positively.” How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z For Stirling, Medea was close to the bone for different reasons. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z You get the feeling that whatever’s wrong with Medea, it’s now well beyond her control. Theater Review: ‘Medea,’ Kathleen Turner and Noël Coward on London Stages 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z “Every version of Medea has a slightly different narrative and slightly different accretion to the myth,” McVicar said. The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The effect draws us further into Medea’s plight, rendering us therapists or co-conspirators — or perhaps both. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Though Rama is ostensibly there to conduct research for her next book, a riff on Medea, watching Laurence provokes her to contemplate her nascent pregnancy as well as her strained relationship with her own mother. For the Documentarian Alice Diop, Only Fiction Could Do Justice to a Tragedy 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The women of Corinth are the Greek chorus, questioning Medea about her intentions and asking how she could do such a thing. Modern 'Medea' in London stars Potter film's Helen McCrory 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Medea’s status as an outsider, viewed with suspicion, is here cleverly evoked by making her a Georgian who married a rich Austrian. Nearly 100, the Salzburg Festival Doesn’t Wait to Celebrate 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z A classicist revisits the tales of 10 mythological women from a female perspective, adding a new depth and nuance to the stories of Helen of Troy, Medea, Medusa and others. Newly Published, From Putin’s Russia to Pinball 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z She is consumed by her own dress, its fabric poisoned by her rival, Medea. The Flying Dutchman; Medea – review 2013-02-24T00:07:18Z The idea of tackling “Medea” came in 2017, when Radvanovsky sang the title character in the Met’s production of Bellini’s “Norma.” How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z It's a world in which political rectitude masks a failure to confront the inner demons that Sarah Connolly's self-lacerating Medea is driven to unleash. Medea – review 2013-02-17T17:10:39Z The curtain rises on Medea, shrouded in a purple cloak that is literally smoking. Dance Review: Smuin Ballet Performs ‘Oh, Inverted World’ at the Joyce 2012-08-15T22:30:56Z After “Medea,” he wrote plays all through school, though he didn’t show them to anyone, and he acted, too, at least for a while. With ‘Significant Other,’ Joshua Harmon Happily Writes About the Unhappy 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The Met’s opening night gala will bring a milestone: “Medea,” long a showcase for reigning sopranos, including Maria Callas, will finally come to the Met’s stage, 225 years after its Paris premiere. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z But Sue Jin Song makes canny reference to insect behavior in her one-woman show “Children of Medea,” which streams April 27 to May 16 in a Constellation Theatre Company staging. Review | Constellation’s ‘Children of Medea’ spins a dreamscape family portrait 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Dressed in a gauzy black chiton, Hodsoll portrays both an exasperated version of Medea — the Euripides protagonist who killed her kids to spite her unfaithful husband—and an exasperated version of an actress playing Medea. A tragic Greek character gets a comedic revival in ‘Medea’s Got Some Issues’ Hotel Medea at this year's Edinburgh festival runs to a rare but forbidding five hours and 45 minutes. There's more to the Edinburgh festival than one-hour wonders 2011-08-15T15:32:13Z The oil sketches here outshine finished versions that hang nearby, especially the more emotionally compelling study “Medea About to Kill Her Children, sketch.” At the Met Museum, the Grand Enigmas of Delacroix 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Produced as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, “Not Medea” boasts an electric central performance by Joey Parsons as a frazzled mother with a tragedy in her past. Standout plays at this year’s Contemporary American Theater Festival: The list 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Much of the opera’s shifting character also relies on Radvanovsky as Medea, who in McVicar’s staging is portrayed with expressive physicality. The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Medea has run off with Jason by this point, and he kills her brother to prevent her from being forced to return home. Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z From “Shakespeare for Breakfast” to “Hotel Medea,” an interpretation of that Greek tragedy that runs from midnight till dawn, the opportunities to live, eat and breathe theater appear unlimited. Connoisseurs in the Theatrical Import Business 2011-08-02T22:02:35Z “I knew that no matter what, somebody would always hire a Tony-winning actress,” she said, “even if it was doing ‘Medea’ in Idaho.” Katie Finneran Takes on ‘Annie’ 2012-10-21T02:47:17Z The 2022-23 season, which will open on Sept. 27 with the Met premiere of Cherubini’s “Medea,” will include a mix of modern works, familiar favorites and rarities from the past. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Smooth, almost seductive moments surprise in “The Cure,” but when Medea is weaving her spells, mellifluence gives way to a ritualistic, mechanical savagery, unnatural and feral. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z For Orestes and Medea and the rest to do this, modern artists need to identify the spirit that animated the stories all those centuries ago and translate it to the changed circumstances of today. 'Clash of the Titans': Ancient Greece and Us 2010-03-19T20:01:00Z Mr. Ninagawa said in the production notes to “Medea” that his goal was “to create a universal theater beyond the limits of age, nationality, language, customs and habits.” Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Who Directed Avant-Garde Productions of Classics, Dies 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z But what about dissident voices like Medea Benjamin, yourself, or Noam Chomsky? Aggression made easy: The wars we don’t (care to) see 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Hedges said the director had compared the show to the last production to run at Soho Place, Euripides’ Greek tragedy “Medea.” ‘Brokeback Mountain’ brings two rising acting stars to the London stage 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z To have a concurrent “Medea” so strikingly conceived leaves you with no qualms about ancient Greeks bearing gifts. Review | ‘Guys and Dolls,’ ‘Medea’ and more: Classics in London feel new again 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Before “Medea,” I’d never been willing to go that close to the fire, so to speak. How Marina Abramović and the Opera Singer Sondra Radvanovsky Both Revel in Risk 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Rama spies a thematic connection to Medea, which could be meaningful if not, per her publisher, terribly marketable. Review: No, movies are not empathy machines — and the brilliant ‘Saint Omer’ shows why 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z A better one might be Medea, an enchantress in Greek myth who murdered her own children. The Medea Hypothesis: Does life on Earth sow the seeds of its own extinction? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In opposition to the Gaia hypothesis, he named his idea after another figure from Greek mythology: Medea, a mother who kills her own children. Life on Mars May Have Been Its Own Worst Enemy 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Here at @sohoplace, a new theater-in-the-round designed with physical comfort in mind, the “Medea” directed by Dominic Cooke itself affords nothing in the way of solace. Review | ‘Guys and Dolls,’ ‘Medea’ and more: Classics in London feel new again 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Somehow she unleashed her Medea even before taking the stage: Her arrival threatens the sitting duck of the first act like a faraway cyclone. Review | 3 operas in 3 days? With Met’s powerful fall trio, it was energizing. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The Metropolitan Opera’s 2022-23 season begins Tuesday, with the company premiere of Cherubini’s “Medea.” The Morning: The back story of the migrant buses 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z We also see Medea in the present, as the Earth undergoes its Sixth Mass Extinction, this one caused in large part by human activity. The Medea Hypothesis: Does life on Earth sow the seeds of its own extinction? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z To support his “Medea hypothesis,” Ward cited several mass extinction events from Earth’s history that may indicate life’s inherently suicidal nature. Life on Mars May Have Been Its Own Worst Enemy 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Daniels plays all the men of the modern-dress drama and, most important, imperious Jason, foolishly unable to grasp the magnitude of Medea’s devastation. Review | ‘Guys and Dolls,’ ‘Medea’ and more: Classics in London feel new again 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z You half-expected the spirit of Medea to rise from the depths of the stage. Review | 3 operas in 3 days? With Met’s powerful fall trio, it was energizing. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z No one from the Squad, no one from the Progressive Caucus,” said Medea Benjamin, co-founder of feminist anti-war group Code Pink. Far-left Dems break with their anti-war allies to back Ukraine war: ‘It’s politics’ 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The Medea Hypothesis might be epitomized by the story of photosynthetic life on Earth. The Medea Hypothesis: Does life on Earth sow the seeds of its own extinction? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z “Quite frankly, we wouldn’t have done ‘Medea’ if she wasn’t interested.” Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The Met season opens Sept. 27 with the company premiere of Cherubini’s “Medea” in an Italian translation. Met Opera drops vaccine requirement, still mandates masks 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Ditto for Medea, whose ultimate immolation with her children somehow feels like the answer to a prayer. Review | 3 operas in 3 days? With Met’s powerful fall trio, it was energizing. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The trope of the scorned woman who takes revenge goes back much further than “Fatal Attraction,” of course — Dido cursing the Trojans as she killed herself, Medea’s awful revenge on her unfaithful husband. Opinion | Why We Love to Watch a Woman Brought Low 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z But in the Medea hypothesis, what are some of the most pointed examples? The Medea Hypothesis: Does life on Earth sow the seeds of its own extinction? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Radvanovsky said Medea remains “conflicted right up until the moment she decides,” and the tipping point comes when she hears Jason lamenting the death of his new wife. Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z In an email to Common Dreams on Thursday, Medea Benjamin of CodePink was sharply critical of Kuleba's "weapons, weapons and weapons" line, calling the diplomat's comment "sickening." Antiwar voices call for diplomacy in Ukraine, not just "weapons, weapons, weapons" 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z He also performed in the theater, including Broadway appearances in "Wait Until Dark," "Medea" and "The Price." Mitchell Ryan, 'Dark Shadows' and 'Lethal Weapon' actor, dead at 88 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin said some of its liberal allies are giving the antiwar movement the cold shoulder now that Mr. Biden is in charge and Democrats are running Congress. Code Pink staging antiwar protests but says Dems mum on Biden’s hawkish moves at Russia 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z What does the Medea hypothesis tell us about the search for life on exoplanets? The Medea Hypothesis: Does life on Earth sow the seeds of its own extinction? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The “Medea” being performed at the Met isn’t quite as Cherubini wrote it. Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z One of them, Medea Inc., in Pleasanton, Calif., had previously imported vodka bottles equipped with LED lights promoted by Shaquille O’Neal, drawing ridicule from a top Republican senator at a recent hearing. Biden Promised 500 Million Free Covid Tests. Then He Had to Find Them. 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z That reminds me of a line from “Medea” that Alison Gaylin used as an epigram for her thriller “The Collective”: “Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour.” America's top mystery book critics break down the year in crime 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z In 2012, Medea, the CIA’s environmental arm, compared the two approaches in a global test. The secret war over Pentagon aid in fighting wildfires 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Could Mars life have killed itself off in the way that Medea tries to kill itself off here? The Medea Hypothesis: Does life on Earth sow the seeds of its own extinction? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z He said the decision to stage “Medea” was based largely on Radvanovsky’s desire to perform it. Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z In his later years, he wrote three ambitious operas based on ancient Greek tragedies: “Medea,” “Antigone” and “Lysistrata,” which debuted in Athens in 2002. ‘Zorba’ composer Mikis Theodorakis dies at 96 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z On Sunday, veteran peace activist Medea Benjamin was among those wondering whether anyone in the U.S. military or foreign policy establishment would ever be held accountable for the deceit or failures in Afghanistan. After 20 years of dreadful mistakes, U.S. heads for exit as Taliban retakes Afghanistan 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z On Sunday, veteran peace activist Medea Benjamin was among those wondering who—any one in the U.S. military or foreign policy establishment—would ever be held accountable for the deceit or failures in Afghanistan. After 20 years of lies and war, U.S. retreat underway as Taliban retake control of Afghanistan 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z The term was meant to evoke the Gaia hypothesis, the Medea hypothesis being somewhat of an opposite. The Medea Hypothesis: Does life on Earth sow the seeds of its own extinction? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z She starred opposite Cannavale in a modern staging of the Greek tragedy “Medea” that closed days before the pandemic shut down theaters across the country in March 2020. Remember Cindy Crawford's exercise tape? Rose Byrne's next role gave her flashbacks 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z As the vengeful Medea at the National Theatre in 2014, she was “a time-bomb of smouldering fury,” wrote Telegraph theater critic Dominic Cavendish. Helen McCrory, gangster matriarch in TV’s ‘Peaky Blinders,’ dies at 52 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Within America's war culture, peace activists like Medea Benjamin and organizations like Veterans for Peace are seen as not just "radical," but genuinely aberrant. POW nation: When will America free itself from war? 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z As Medea picked up speed, Zall found herself deeply involved with an old foe. Inside the CIA, she became a spy for Planet Earth 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z We see Medea's handiwork all around us in the fossil record. The Medea Hypothesis: Does life on Earth sow the seeds of its own extinction? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z President George W. Bush’s administration and conservatives in Congress, questioning the scientific consensus on global warming, let Medea languish for many years. Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z After Jason abandons her to marry the young and beautiful Glauce, Medea sends Glauce tainted “wedding gifts”: a silken robe and a golden coronet, both infused with a lethal and combustible poison. Opinion | Fashion Will Not Disappear. It Will Transform. 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z A four-time Tony Award winner who brought humanity to larger-than-life characters, whether it be the dotty schoolteacher Miss Jean Brodie, an aging opera star Maria Callas or the betrayed, murderous Medea. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z She received the 1994 Tony Award for best actress in a play for her performance in the title role of “Medea.” Diana Rigg, Emma Peel of ‘The Avengers,’ Dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “I know what I intend to do is wrong,” Medea says. Diana Rigg, acclaimed actress known as ‘sexiest TV star of all time,’ dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z In interviews, former Medea members said the incoming Biden administration might want to establish a similar panel for helping the world push ahead on knotty issues of environmental change. Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z When Euripides’ unhinged heroine Medea seeks vengeance on her husband, Jason, she turns to fashion. Opinion | Fashion Will Not Disappear. It Will Transform. 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z In 1994, Dame Diana won the Tony Award for best actress for her titular role the stage production of Medea, both in London's West End and on Broadway. Dame Diana Rigg: A career in pictures 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z But when she was appearing in “Medea,” her love for the stage was evident. Diana Rigg, Emma Peel of ‘The Avengers,’ Dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z She won a Tony Award in 1994 for her powerful role as Medea, avenging her husband’s betrayal in the classic Greek play by Euripides. Diana Rigg, acclaimed actress known as ‘sexiest TV star of all time,’ dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Dr. Zall agreed, adding that Medea’s agenda was in fact unfinished. Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Four years later she won a Tony for best actress in one of her most acclaimed roles, that of Medea, underlining her credentials as one of theatre's leading tragediennes. Obituary: Dame Diana Rigg 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z She continued to act periodically and, after several failed plays, triumphed again on Broadway in “Medea,” by classical Greek dramatist Euripides and directed by her husband. Zoe Caldwell, Broadway star who won four Tony Awards, dies at 86 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z She cited his influence in her decision to do "Medea," the ancient Greek drama of a woman who is betrayed by her lover and kills their children in revenge. Zoe Caldwell, 4-time Tony Award winner, dead at 86 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Instead of seeing Mother Nature as a sort of ethereally benign matriarch, it would probably get more people in the right headspace if we thought of her as Medea, or Karen Matthews. Don’t panic, humanity: selfless billionaires will save us all | Marina Hyde 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Medea also fostered a parallel movement for the Navy to release once-secret information that illuminated inner space — the ocean’s sunless depths. Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z "Nobody is better than the U.S. at killing terrorists. Nobody is better than the U.S. at creating terrorists," tweeted author and peace activist Medea Benjamin on Sunday. After Baghdadi: "The terrorists we're killing today are the terrorists we created yesterday" 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The old story of Medea sending a poisoned dress to her former lover’s new bride before murdering their shared children sets, definitively, a dark standard best not emulated. Teen girls on TikTok are dancing to abusive voicemails. The new meme is as old as women’s rage itself 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z "Medea wasn't a character I believed in until my Robert started to talk to me about her in human terms," she told The New York Times a few days after the Tony ceremony. Zoe Caldwell, 4-time Tony Award winner, dead at 86 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z She has cropped hair, a septum piercing, and a tattoo of Medea on the back of one leg. Astrology in the Age of Uncertainty 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z In the face of some bureaucratic foot-dragging, she named her group Medea, after the headstrong character of Greek mythology who let nothing stand in her way. Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z “We think that he is making this about himself and it’s really a campaign rally,” said Medea Benjamin, Code Pink’s co-director. Trump defies ominous predictions with nonpartisan July 4th salute to American spirit 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z “We think that he is making this about himself and it’s really a campaign rally,” said Medea Benjamin, the organization’s co-director. Trump celebrates ‘greatest political journey’ in history 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z "We think that he is making this about himself and it's really a campaign rally," said Medea Benjamin, the organization's co-director. Flag burned in front of White House as tensions mount ahead of Trump's 'Salute to America' 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Critic Medea Benjamin said: "This is costing us millions and millions of dollars. We the taxpayers are paying for it, for Donald Trump to use our military as a prop." Trump set for 4th of July 'show of a lifetime' 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z As Medea picked up speed, Dr. Zall found herself deeply involved with an old foe. Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Medea Benjamin, a protester with the group, said the presence of tanks on the street scared her. Love of country? Or a political stunt? Trump holiday speech divides... 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Code Pink co-director Medea Benjamin said the organization and its members "oppose the politicization of the July Fourth holiday by President Trump." Antiwar group brings massive diaper-wearing Trump balloon to Washington Monument 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z “It is ironic that it is right here, in the ‘land of the free,’ the balloon is being grounded,” Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin said in a statement. ‘We’ll be ready for it’: Officials on alert as activists plan two days of Washington protests 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z “It is ironic that it is right here, in the ‘land of the free,’ the balloon is being grounded,” Code Pink cofounder Medea Benjamin said. Grounded: Code Pink’s ‘Baby Trump’ blimp permit doesn’t allow helium 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z At the time, few seemed to notice, or care, said co-founder Medea Benjamin, except the handful of Maduro-appointed diplomats working inside. What will become of the Venezuelan Embassy — and activists who lived for weeks inside and outside? 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z The piece that I’m most proud of right now is this piece called the Medea. How street artist Swoon creates life-size dreamlike worlds 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Members of Code Pink were invited by Maduro government officials to stay in the building and “protect it” from attempts to enter by U.S. forces or Guaidó appointees, Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin has said. Police forcibly remove activists living in the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The chaos in Venezuela felt familiar to Medea Benjamin, one of the founders of Code Pink and the face of the embassy protest. Perspective | Code Pink used the Venezuelan Embassy as an anti-Trump prop. Now the show is over. 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z At its peak, about 50 people from three groups occupied the Venezuelan Embassy, according to Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of Code Pink, one of the groups involved. U.S. federal agents arrest protesters occupying Venezuelan Embassy 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, told The Associated Press that police entered the embassy early Thursday morning to arrest the remaining activists. Police arrest activists squatting in Venezuelan Embassy 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z They are among the Argo adventurers, and Medea secures Jason’s key victories. Review: Jason sails through worlds of wonder in A Noise Within’s ‘Argonautika’ 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Now 60, she made her name at the RSC and the National Theatre, where she shone in some of the great tragic roles, including Medea, Electra, Richard II, Mother Courage and Hedda Gabler. Fiona Shaw: ‘I’m delighted to be in with the young crowd!’ 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z It is not inevitable to Tricontinental: Institute for Social Change’s friends at CodePink: Women for Peace, whose Medea Benjamin walked into a meeting of the Organization of American States and said: No! The U.S. 12-step method to conduct regime change 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Barry, whose partner, Medea Benjamin, is a co-founder of Code Pink, is a professional left-wing activist who is familiar to cops around the Capitol and Supreme Court. Brett Kavanaugh protesters don’t regret arrests 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Four women from Greek mythology — Clytemnestra, Medea, Antigone and Cassandra — have been reincarnated through time, doomed to repeat bloody acts of revenge, until reaching 1960 Orange, N.J. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Nov. 18-25: 'Cost of Living,' 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern' and more 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “We protested at Uber’s offices. We did these petitions. We were bugging them on social media,” Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin recalls. How Uber got in bed with the Saudis — and is not getting out anytime soon - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Medea Benjamin, another founder, told The Post that “people in Hollywood are not dumb. They know it’s a monarchy with no pretense of economic or political rights. They were just enticed by petrol dollars.” A shiny Hollywood partnership with Saudi Arabia, suddenly thrown on its head 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Her work reads like must-know theater, including “As You Like It,” ”Pygmalion,” ”Medea,” ”Grapes of Wrath,” ”A Streetcar Named Desire,” ”Merchant of Venice” and “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Longtime costume designer leaves university, but not theater 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z By supplying both the “toxin” and its “antidote,” Medea can spread quickly through a population, as only offspring with the gene combination will survive. Can a genetic weapon combat one of the world’s major crop destroyers? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The spectre of bad mothering, of Medea and her descendants, haunts this book, as do “blood, guts, misery and lust”. Reflections on motherhood, without the apple pie 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The witch Medea was the princess of Colchis, on the eastern edge of the Black Sea, which to the notoriously xenophobic ancient Greeks was alien and suspect. From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z She’s banished by Zeus to a deserted island, and eventually meets some of mythology’s most iconic figures: the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, Medea, and Odysseus. 16 new science fiction and fantasy books to read this April 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Tyler Perry won the worst actress award, dressed as an elderly woman in Boo 2: A Medea Halloween. Sad face: Emoji Movie 'worst of 2017' 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z In the new study, Hay’s former graduate student, genetic engineer Anna Buchman of the University of California, San Diego, set Medea on D. suzukii. Can a genetic weapon combat one of the world’s major crop destroyers? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The Irish actress graduated from Bristol Old Vic drama school last summer and was appearing in the theatre's production of Medea when she heard about Overshadowed. The vlogging drama tackling anorexia 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z In gratitude, Jason married Medea, but back home in his kingdom she was shunned, her witchcraft and foreignness merging into a single undesirable trait. From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Instead of “crooked media”, try saying you hate the “croquet Medea”, who is the Greek god of lawnsports. So what should Donald Trump have said to the Boy Scouts? I know | Jack Bernhardt 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z These are chemicals that are used to convert plants or animals into a sort of Medea’s robe. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Nearly 98% of offspring born to Medea-bearing mothers over six generations also had the genetic element, as opposed to the expected 50%, indicating that Medea was spreading rapidly through the population. Can a genetic weapon combat one of the world’s major crop destroyers? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z In her book, Medea assures families that conflict itself isn’t a problem. Can family trump Trump? How to survive political disagreements with relatives this Thanksgiving 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z For example, Wright believes he has identified “around 19 tragedies” that featured the heroine Medea – who, in the one surviving play about her, by Euripides, takes revenge on her faithless husband by killing their children. The one where Medea saves her kids: lost classics of Greek tragedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z With her gods-induced ardor and supernatural powers, the love-struck Princess Medea helped Jason win the powerful golden fleece, at the price of betraying her monarch father and murdering her princely brother. At Seattle Shakespeare, a ‘Medea’ who is plenty angry 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “A lot of people are going to vote for Hillary,” said Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of Code Pink and a frequent protester on Capitol Hill. “But that’s not where they’re going to put their energy.” The skeptical left is lining up to make sure Hillary Clinton keeps her promises to progressives 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z In order to combat the pest in the real world, however, the team will need to pair Medea with another gene that would make the flies vulnerable to a predictable trigger. Can a genetic weapon combat one of the world’s major crop destroyers? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “If you are absolutely raw, are going to pieces, don’t trust your family and don’t trust yourself, maybe this isn’t a good time to gamble with your family relationships,” said conflict resolution specialist Andra Medea. Can family trump Trump? How to survive political disagreements with relatives this Thanksgiving 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z In one version, Medea was a kind of expert personal trainer who 'took on weak and feeble people' The one where Medea saves her kids: lost classics of Greek tragedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Now living in Corinth with Jason and their kids, Medea is viewed as exotic, an outsider – too cunning, too assertive for a woman. At Seattle Shakespeare, a ‘Medea’ who is plenty angry 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z I asked Bryan if he would be interested in creating a program like Theater of War, specifically tailored around Lisette’s story with parts of Medea and Phaedra read by, ideally, Marvel. Women in crisis: what Medea and Phaedre teach us about mental illness 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s vengeance, not evil, that drives Medea to murder her own children and romantic rival after her husband Jason’s betrayal. The cool girls, good girls and bad girls of modern books 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z If your family does go there, be ready to allow all family members to have a voice, Medea said. Can family trump Trump? How to survive political disagreements with relatives this Thanksgiving 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Medea spites Jason by slaughtering their young children. The Vocabularist: 'Tragedy' originally meant 'goat-song' - BBC News 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Then it’s a swift, horrifying trajectory — using the unmannered Kenneth McLeish-Frederick Raphael 1994 translation — from Medea’s encounters with a threatening King Creon, and the seductive manipulations and pleading of Jason, to her bloody final deeds.. At Seattle Shakespeare, a ‘Medea’ who is plenty angry 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Related: Theatre review: Medea My mother took her own life in July 2009. Women in crisis: what Medea and Phaedre teach us about mental illness 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The bad girl is a stock character so ancient that tracing its origins is both impossible and unnecessary, but Euripides’ Medea is the quintessential early example. The cool girls, good girls and bad girls of modern books 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Medea suggests these options for controlling flooding at the holiday table: Can family trump Trump? How to survive political disagreements with relatives this Thanksgiving 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z There are a host of iconic mother figures in popular culture, from the enraged Medea of ancient Greece and the destructive Hindu mother goddess Kali to “Psycho” Norman Bates’s mother and June Cleaver. A brief history of how we think about motherhood 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z After a graphic, slasher climax, Medea and Jason sit in shock amidst corpses. At Seattle Shakespeare, a ‘Medea’ who is plenty angry 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Tim Carpenter, then the group’s executive director, kept lobbying Sanders to consider a bid in 2016, according to Medea Benjamin, a peace activist who serves on the group’s advisory board. How Bernie Sanders’s sharp words for Obama led to his own presidential bid 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Here’s a woman as determined as Antigone, as ferocious as Medea. The 10 best books of 2015 When the curtain goes up on Rachel Cusk’s version of Medea at London’s Almeida theatre, her whole family will be in the audience. Rachel Cusk interview: ‘Medea is about divorce … A couple fighting is an eternal predicament. Love turning to hate’ 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin wrote a protest book called Drone Warfare that is a very important statement. “Ted Cruz gives me the willies”: Camille Paglia analyzes the GOP field — and takes on Hillary Clinton 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z As Medea, noted local actor Alex Tavares enters raving, eyes ablaze, in her mate Jason’s rumpled dress shirt and boxer shorts. At Seattle Shakespeare, a ‘Medea’ who is plenty angry 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z But perhaps more interesting than the senator’s ridiculous rhetoric was his willingness to engage Code Pink and its co-founder, Medea Benjamin, in debate. 'I think in debates, truth matters' 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Led by Medea Benjamin, who in the last few years has interrupted everyone from President Obama to Henry Kissinger, the group relentlessly works its way into congressional hearings and political events. Ted Cruz debated Code Pink protesters for 24 minutes 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z “The most interesting bit of Medea is obviously the end, when she goes up in the chariot and is triumphant,” Cusk says. Rachel Cusk interview: ‘Medea is about divorce … A couple fighting is an eternal predicament. Love turning to hate’ 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z The same year he starred opposite Maria Callas' Medea at Covent Garden. Jon Vickers, celebrated tenor, dies aged 88 - BBC News 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z But it’s essential to see how Medea is royalty – which, in classical Greek terms, makes her fall steep enough to be tragic. At Seattle Shakespeare, a ‘Medea’ who is plenty angry 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z But Graham, who's running on a "world's falling apart" national security platform, saved his harshest ammo for Medea Benjamin, a Code Pink protester who challenged Graham's vision for perpetual war. Donald Trump Doesn't Stop Digging 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Women suffragists recited at their meetings the resounding speech that the tragedian Euripides gives his heroine Medea on the economic, political and sexual oppression of the entire female sex. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z “Obviously the embassy acts just like the thugs inside Saudi Arabia,” Code Pink leader Medea Benjamin loudly agreed. Raif Badawi Backers Rally Against Blogger Flogging at Saudi Embassy 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Other women on the trip, organized by the group WomenCrossDMZ, included Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, who is more often seen protesting on Capitol Hill, and the American documentary filmmaker Abigail Disney. Women’s activists cross from North to South Korea, say divide can be bridged 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Theatrically, how do you solve a problem like Medea, the totemic figure of female revenge immortalized by Euripides? At Seattle Shakespeare, a ‘Medea’ who is plenty angry 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In November 2013, their daughter, Medea, a beloved local musician and artist, went to sleep late one Sunday afternoon and never woke up. Spartanburg trail memorial honors area musician 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z But acts that the Greeks discreetly place offstage Seneca brings into full view—Jocasta’s suicide, Medea’s murder of her children, Atreus’ triumphant presentation of the heads of Thyestes’ sons. The Man to Know in Ancient Rome 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Medea Benjamin, co-director of Codepink, said those attending “are very excited that after more than 50 years, there is this new possibility of normalized relations between the U.S. and Cuba.” Terre Haute peace activist approved for trip to Cuba 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin disputed the police account, telling CNN, “The police asked us to move to the street, so we did. And they arbitrarily arrested two of us.” Code Pink protesters arrested outside Dick Cheney’s Va. home 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z In February 2010, these twin terrors hounded her into a madness like the one that drove the ancient Greek Medea to a similar crime. Did a Son's Autism Drive a Woman to Murder? Seldes made her Broadway debut in 1947 in a production of Medea, starring the versatile actress Judith Anderson, and later appeared in hits such as Equus and Deathtrap. Tony-award winning Broadway legend Marian Seldes dies age 86 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z “Even if I destroy two sons, still the number is too limited for my anguish,” Medea informs Jason before killing their second child. The Man to Know in Ancient Rome 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Seldes, a slim and elegant woman who often wore her hair pulled back, studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse and made her professional debut at age 17 in Robinson Jeffers’ “Medea,” with Anderson. Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes dies 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, who like Swanson was not arrested, said Obama’s justification for the current U.S. military campaign “sounds like George Bush all over again.” Syria Strike Protesters Arrested at White House 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z “National Theater Live: ‘Medea,’ ” screening of the play starring Helen McCrory. Events in Westchester for Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2014 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z “National Theater Live: ‘Medea,’ ” screening of the play, starring Helen McCrory. Events in Connecticut for Aug. 24-30, 2014 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z As Medea flies off on her serpent-drawn chariot, Jason calls up after her, “Bear witness that wherever you go there are no gods.” The Man to Know in Ancient Rome 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Marian Seldes made her Broadway debut in 1947 in a production of “Medea,” starring the versatile actress Judith Anderson, and later appeared in hits such as “Equus” and “Deathtrap.” Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes dies 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Medea Benjamin, the cofounder of the peace group www.codepink.org, is author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. Good Drone, Bad Drone: How to Fix the Drone PR Problem 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s a story as old as the Greeks’ Medea and as modern as any YA novel-turned-film, whether The Twilight Saga, The Hunger Games or Divergent. A Woman Scorned: The Top 12 Female Revenge Movies 2014-04-29T14:00:05Z The day before, Medea Benjamin, an anti-war campaigner from the U.S. feminist group Code Pink was deported. Liberal Egyptian group opposes any Sisi run for presidency 2014-03-05T14:05:07Z "Help. They broke my arm. Egypt police," tweeted Medea Benjamin, founder of protest organization Code Pink, which rose to prominence for opposing the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. U.S. rights activist alleges Egypt police abuse 2014-03-04T14:21:49Z Anthony Weiner, Medea Benjamin of the group Code Pink, and Amanda Bynes For the week ending 24 May, here is the news making waves in America - all in 140 characters or less. News tweets of the week 2013-05-25T00:21:24Z The heckler — though she objected strenuously to being described that way — was Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of Code Pink, a group opposed to United States military actions. Obama Spars With Activist During Terrorism Speech 2013-05-24T02:01:47Z Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouts during address on national security. Analysis: Obama expresses regrets but seeks to retain anti-terror powers 2013-05-24T00:32:00Z Near the end of Obama’s address at the National Defense University, a woman identified as longtime activist Medea Benjamin implored the president to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. Obama interrupted repeatedly by antiwar activist during speech on drone policy 2013-05-23T22:24:00Z Medea trod the patchwork shadow and light beneath the canopy of skulls. Canopy of skulls 2013-03-06T18:22:02.177Z Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of Codepink, said, “We are here to say from the bottoms of our hearts that we are sorry for the actions of our government.” In Pakistan, Drone Protest Takes Detour For Safety 2012-10-08T01:56:23Z "We kill a lot of innocent people," said Medea Benjamin, a cofounder of Codepink and part of the delegation in Pakistan. IHT Rendezvous: U.S. Peace Activists, in Pakistan, Decry Drone Strikes 2012-10-07T04:26:19Z Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the activist group Code Pink and organizer of last month’s drone summit in Washington, said the industry’s problem lies in the origins of drone technology in overseas war zones. Drones for “urban warfare” 2012-04-24T11:37:00Z Hecate is the chief goddess who presides over magic arts and spells, and in this connexion she is the mother of the sorceresses Circe and Medea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Medea was the youngest at 15, and she itched with restlessness. Canopy of skulls 2013-03-06T18:22:02.177Z Medea does the same with her children, and Atreus with those of her brother. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Entrance Wall: Greek relief of Medea and the daughters of Peleus. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z When Horace said that Medea should not kill her children upon the stage, he enunciated not a mere arbitrary rule, but one which grows necessarily out of the development of the drama. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z An opiate prepared by Medea’s magic skill soon made the dragon forget his charge in a profound sleep, and enabled Jason to draw near enough to sever his frightful head from his hideous trunk. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Medea smiled acknowledgment to the skulls and to Mr Dale's fervent request. Canopy of skulls 2013-03-06T18:22:02.177Z He had begun Latin and Greek early, and under Latimer made such progress as to be able to translate the Medea of Euripides into Latin iambic verse before he was fourteen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z There is a fresco of Medea at Pompeii in which the figure of the mother brooding over the thought of murdering her children is weak and unconvincing. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Ovid mentions the latter city, and has some allusions to its ancient history when he describes Medea as flying through the air from Athea to Colchis. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z As soon as Pelias’ daughters heard of this miraculous transformation, they hastened to Medea and implored her to give them the recipe, that they might rejuvenate their father also. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Medea gazed up at the heavens, like the skulls around her, and watched for the glint of the orbiter above. Canopy of skulls 2013-03-06T18:22:02.177Z “These women are protesting peacefully,” the American detained, Medea Benjamin, shouted as she was being dragged away. Two Westerners Are Detained in Bahrain Protests 2012-02-18T02:48:49Z But at Herculaneum was found a Medea who is terrible indeed, wild-eyed and murderous, such a figure as none but the greatest artist could conceive and few copyists could reproduce. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z This was a cunning stroke to present a theatrical display, � la Medea. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Days and years now passed happily and uneventfully for Jason and Medea; but at last their affection for each other cooled, and Jason fell in love with Glauce, or Creusa. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z As a child, Medea had yearned for her own skull to belong among the canopy. Canopy of skulls 2013-03-06T18:22:02.177Z —I cannot feel much doubt that the prophecy ascribed to Medea was a mere allusion to events actually past. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-15T03:00:31.720Z Set this Medea in her place in the Pompeian fresco and the result may well be the Medea of Timomachus, one of the most famous pictures of all antiquity. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z At this moment Eleanor reached the door, on the threshold of which she turned like Medea upon Jason to have the last word with the taxi-driver before the curtain fell. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Medea, still full of resentment against Jason, then slew her own children, and, mounting her dragon car, departed, leaving a message for Jason, purporting that the Argo would yet cause his death. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Medea did love how her new clothes fit — soft as otterette skin, though strange in how they covered her from neck to ankle. Canopy of skulls 2013-03-06T18:22:02.177Z The opening lines of the Medea of Ennius may be quoted as probably a fair specimen of the degree of faithfulness with which the early Roman tragedians translated from their originals. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z After the Ascension, Thomas is said to have laboured in Jud�a, Parthia, Medea, Persia, and other countries, until he reached India. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z At the other end of the theatre Medea, dressed in a silk robe, gave vent to the fury she felt at her adventurous husband's indifference. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z The Greeks went on again until they came to Ææa, an island inhabited by the golden-haired enchantress Circe, sister of Æetes, and aunt of Medea. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Medea, her revenge stilled, her children dead, bears the fatal Fleece back to Delphi, while Jason is left to realize the nothingness of human striving and earthly happiness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z It was, like the Medea of Ennius, a translation from Euripides. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The Letter in which the Jason and Medea comparison occurs. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 2011-11-20T03:00:16.107Z There she washed Medea’s body and her garments with the spray of the sea. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z To gratify Jason, Medea called all her magic into play, and by some mysterious process restored Æson to all his former youth, strength, activity, and grace. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Medea is the only example I remember at present, who escapes from punishment after murder. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z One at least of his tragedies, the Medea, was literally translated from the Greek of Euripides, whom he seems to have made his model, in preference to the older Attic dramatists. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Clairon is painted as Medea, had a great reputation while it was still unfinished. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z So Medea said, and then she turned around and left the king’s presence. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z “Medea’s spells dispersed the weight of years, And Æson stood a youth ’mid youthful peers.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Cosel possessed all the characteristics of Medea--everything that an ideal turns into reality. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z "While fleeing from the city, their adieux to the inhabitants have been murder and arson; like Medea, they have with their 286 own hands slain their children." Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z In his opinion, even Medea and Ph�dra might become objects of pity rather than abhorrence upon the stage. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z A shadow fell between them, and when Jason looked up he saw Medea’s dragon car. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z One day, while he was sitting there musing over his youthful adventures and Medea’s strange prophecy, a sudden gale detached a beam, which, falling on his head, fractured his skull and caused instantaneous death. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z But Medea exhorts and entreats her companions to preserve their course. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z A great part of medieval romance is nothing but a translation into medieval forms, into French couplets, of the passion of Medea or of Dido. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z The crucial player is Jason’s mythical wife, Medea, the six-ton hunk of metal positioned along the fiber-optic cable between Jason and Atlantis. Scientist at Work Blog: A Graveyard Shift in Mission Control 2011-09-05T11:05:28Z She was amazed to see how Medea’s tears were flowing. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Accompanied by Medea, Jason next hastened to the tree where the dragon kept guard over his treasure. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z From the moment that Medea comes into the poem, Jason falls into the second place, and keeps it to the end. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Virgil’s Dido and Ovid’s Medea had an immense effect on the imagination of the French poets and their followers. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Medea acts as a shock absorber, shielding Jason from the constant jerks and jolts that propagate down the cable from Atlantis’s rocking. Scientist at Work Blog: A Graveyard Shift in Mission Control 2011-09-05T11:05:28Z Then Medea drew the phial out of her bosom and poured into the water some of the brew she had made in Creon’s garden in Corinth. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z But Medea had no wish to be torn away from Jason’s arms, and, instead of listening to her father’s entreaties, urged the Argonauts to redoubled efforts. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Euripides was doubtless in his day a sensation dramatist, but the atrocities of Medea could not enchain me, with so much dreadful mystery afoot in my immediate neighbourhood. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z This would have been to represent Mary as at once a Messalina and a Medea,—which even Murray felt would have been going too far. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z He wore an armor of green burnished gold With darker clasps—two always helped him mount Upon his horse, for he was very old— I hardly knew Medea. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z In such way Medea brought about the end of King Pelias’s reign. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Seeing her crime discovered and Theseus recognized, Medea quickly mounted her magic dragon car, and fled to Media, whence she never returned. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z If that sounds exhausting, the longest show, Hotel Medea, is six hours long and starts just before midnight. Edinburgh begins festival season 2011-08-04T23:09:48Z For he relates that Callias the Athenian composed a Grammatical Tragedy, from which Euripides in his Medea, and Sophocles in his Œdipus, derived their choruses and the arrangement of their plot. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z There is a melodramatic element in the 'Medea' of Euripides, as there is in the 'Rodogune' of Corneille; and in the Elizabethan theater the so-called tragedy of blood is nothing if not melodramatic. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z And so fiercely did Medea look upon her that Glauce shrank back and clung to Jason for protection. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Frantic with jealousy, Medea prepared and sent the maiden a magic robe, which she no sooner donned than she was seized with terrible convulsions, in which she died. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The ground-breaking interactive show, based on the Greek tragedy Medea, aims to blur the lines between actor and observer. Edinburgh begins festival season 2011-08-04T23:09:48Z Every passionate woman who is scorned feels a touch of kinship with Medea, whose avenging steel strikes the husband whom it cannot reach through the children, whether her own heart is also pierced or not. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z In this marvelous spectacle, Medea has demonstrated her ability to transfuse life to the dead and dying. Blood Lust: The Early History of Transfusion 2011-07-12T11:45:00.220Z “My daughter, my wise Medea,” he said, “go, put spells upon the Moon, that Hecate may weaken that man in his hour of trial.” The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z The legends which follow are the result of this command, and the definition of virtue given above accounts for the inclusion of such “good women” as Cleopatra and Medea. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Thus Medea— I go an exile to a foreign land, Ere blest in you, or having seen you blessed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z For a great many years past no manager but myself has given performances of Cherubini's Medea. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Medea turns impatiently to the king’s daughters, who hover in a trance, drugged by the witch’s herbs and humbled by her otherworldly powers. Blood Lust: The Early History of Transfusion 2011-07-12T11:45:00.220Z Medea, lying upon her couch, listened to her sister’s laments. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z I expect she will begin imitating her, and have Medea translated—horrible idea! The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Medea had before been given at my own establishment with Mdlle. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z "Sir Francis Drake" waited at table, the "Earl of Essex" opened the street door, "Leicester" acted as butler; and I have reason to believe that "Dirce" dressed "Medea's" hair. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Mimicking Medea’s brutal and precise cuts, the daughters deftly slice open Pelias’s veins and drain them dry. Blood Lust: The Early History of Transfusion 2011-07-12T11:45:00.220Z So Chalciope came to the very thing that was in Medea’s mind. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z There is a famous painting by Sichel of the Grecian sorceress, Medea. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z Her success was striking, notably in the parts of "Medea," "Mary Stuart," "Elizabeth," and "Marie Antoinette." The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z |
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