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Films based on Medea (Euripides play) (7 P) Pages in category "Films based on works by Euripides" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Euripides's play has been explored and interpreted by playwrights across the centuries and the world in a variety of ways, offering political, psychoanalytical, feminist, and many other original readings of Medea, Jason, and the core themes of the play. [1] Medea, along with three other plays, [a] earned Euripides third prize in the City Dionysia.
Medea is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the ancient myth of Medea.The film stars opera singer Maria Callas in her only film role and is largely a faithful portrayal of the myth of Jason and the Argonauts and the events of Euripides' play Medea.
Pages in category "Films based on Medea (Euripides play)" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Medea (1969 film) Medea (1988 film)
The Trojan Women (Ancient Greek: Τρῳάδες, romanized: Trōiades, lit."The Female Trojans") is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, produced in 415 BCE.Also translated as The Women of Troy, or as its transliterated Greek title Troades, The Trojan Women presents commentary on the costs of war through the lens of women and children. [1]
Medea is a 1959 American TV play. It is based on the adaptation of the play by Euripides. Judith Anderson plays the title role, which she had performed on stage since 1948. [1] It was the first in a series called Play of the Week on the TV station WTNA. David Susskind produced. [2] The production budget for each show was around $35,000. [3]
Euripides has been hailed as a great lyric poet. [76] In Medea, for example, he composed for his city, Athens, "the noblest of her songs of praise". [77] His lyrical skills are not just confined to individual poems: "A play of Euripides is a musical whole...one song echoes motifs from the preceding song, while introducing new ones."
The Bacchae is an independent film adaptation of Euripides' play The Bacchae, produced by Lorenda Starfelt and John Morrissey, and directed by Brad Mays. Production