What is Medea (play)?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Angelique Rockas - Headshot Medea.jpg|thumb|[[Angelique Rockas]] - Medea at [[Theatro Technis]] ]] '''''Medea''''' ({{lang-grc|Μήδεια}}, ''Mēdeia'') is an [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] [[tragedy]] written by [[Euripides]]. It is based on the myth of [[Jason]] and [[Medea]] and first produced in 431 BC. It is about Medea, a former princess of the kingdom of [[Colchis]], and the wife of Jason; she finds her role in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Greek princess of [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]]. Medea takes revenge on Jason by murdering Jason's new wife as well as her own children, after which she escapes to [[Athens]] to start a new life.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.apple.com/gb/book/medea-a-performance-history/id1085751260|title=Medea, a performance history|last1=Macintosh|first1=Fiona|last2=Kenward|first2=Claire|last3=Wrobel|first3=Tom|publisher=APGRD|year=2016|location=Oxford}}</ref> The play holds the American Theatre Wing's Tony Award record for most wins for the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play#Multiple character wins|same female lead character]], with [[Judith Anderson]] winning in 1948, [[Zoe Caldwell]] in 1982, and [[Diana Rigg]] in 1994. ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:5th-century BC plays]] [[Category:Theatre of ancient Greece]]