Preview: December 4, 2002. Production ran December 10, 2002 —
February 22, 2003
2003 Tony nominee for Best Actress in a Play: Fiona Shaw, and Best
Direction of a Play: Deborah Warner.
A production by the Abby Theatre of Dublin
Directed by Deborah Warner
Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael
Set design by Tom Pye
Costume design by Jacqueline Durran
Original lighting by Peter Mumford
Associate lighting design by Michael Gunning
Soundscape by Mel Mercier
Sound design by David Meschter
With: Fiona Shaw, Siobhan McCarthy, Robin Laing, Struan Rodger,
Jonathan Cake, Joseph Mydell, Dylan Denton, Derek Hutchinson
In this stunning re-interpretation of Euripdes' classic, Fiona Shaw
and Deborah Warner present a Medea relevant to today's
world. The production was created at the Abby Theatre of Dublin
and originally presented in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music before its critically acclaimed Broadway run. Set upon a contemporary
mansion of glass and cement caught mid-construction, this production
comments upon the culture of celebrity while at the same time giving
us a Medea with whom we can all too easily identify
with.
