Medea in Jerusalem
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Opened Aug 9, 2004
Closed Sep 4, 2004
Opened Aug 9, 2004
Closed Sep 4, 2004
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Playwright Roger Kirby transports Euripedes's Medea from ancient Greece to contemporary Jerusalem and transforms her into a Muslim and her husband Jason into a Jew in order to examine passion and alienation. In this new interpretation of the classic Greek tragedy, the playwright removes the safety net of time breathing into classic themes of passion, rage, revenge, and pride.
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Euripides's name is nowhere to be seen on the credit page in the Medea in Jerusalem program, nor anywhere among the bios. Since the seminal dramatist died in 406 B.C.E., we can be certain that he didn't ask to have his famous moniker removed. But even were he alive to exercise that option, he might not have done so.
In brashly seizing complete credit for the work, which transports Euripides's play from Corinth to Israel, dramatist Roger Kirby has been more successful than a skeptical patron might expect upon entering the theater and, for that matter, during the early scenes of the play. What Kirby has wrought follows Euripides's narrative quite faithfully, right down to speeches and indiv[...]