Medea
by Euripides

State Theatre
Amphitheatre
Elder Park

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

Of all the extraordinary works of theatre from Fifth Century Athens there is none as striking as Euripides’ Medea. Along with The Bacchae it unleashes energies and poses social questions that only a robust, sophisticated and philosophic community could sustain. Medea is a play of contradictions. Lucidly told, it is nevertheless cryptic, a text which speaks to our own time yet carries archaic meanings and beliefs. It offers …