Medea

See Medea by Dieter Reible in Plays 2.

Medea by Euripides. *** , First production in South Africa by *** **** In 197* The Space (Cape Town) did Franz Grillparzer’s version of the text, adapted and directed by Barney Simon in his directorial debut at The Space, with Yvonne Bryceland, Charles Comyn, Wilson Dunster, Chris Galloway, Joel Maister, Michael Maister, Nomhle Nkonyeni and Jacqui Singer. Music by Mike Dickman, set by John Nankin and costumes by Zsuzsanna Kovacs and Danny Malan. The first Afrikaans version (by **) was done by the Afrikaans-Hollandse Toneelvereniging in Potchefstroom and Ermelo (1907), then in the Opera House, Pretoria, April, on 1908, to an invited audience including the colonial secretary, General J.C. Smuts. Backdrops painted by Frans Oerder. In 200* Marthinus Basson directed Mamma Medea, **’s version of the story, in an Afrikaans translation by **, for ArtsCape?*/**.

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