MEDEA by Euripides - Sunlake High School Drama Department

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30651 Wells Road
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Presented by the Theatre Department at Sunlake High School - An ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based on the myth of Jason and Medea and was first produced in 431 BC as part of a trilogy; the two other plays have not survived. The plot centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason. She finds her position in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Greek princess of Corinth. Medea takes vengeance on Jason by murdering his new wife as well as her own two sons, after which she escapes to Athens to start a new life.