Medea | Upstart Crow

Medea’s shock and grief when her husband Jason discards her to marry King Creon’s daughter quickly turns to rage. She vows revenge—but how much revenge is enough? Euripides explores how a person’s pride can lead to deadly recklessness regarding consequences.

The play was first presented in 431 BC at the City Dionysia festival in Athens. Many translations of the classics are meant to be read and studied; our script was written with actors in mind.

Medea is a powerful revenge play not suitable for children due to violent descriptions.

For a change of tone, during the run of Medea we’ll be presenting a short comedy that was very popular in England in the late 16th and early 17th Centuries, A Most Pleasant Comedy of Mucedorus the King’s Son of Valencia, and Amadine the King’s Daughter of Aragon, With the Merrie Conceits of Mouse.

Prince Mucedorus disguises himself as a shepherd and goes to Aragon in search of love and adventure. He encounters jea