Medea | On Stage: Selected Theater Reviews from The New York Times
In the following review, which originally appeared in the New York Times on October 21, 1947, Atkinson offers praise for Robinson Jeffers's adaptation ofBuripedes's Medea. His review illustrates how ancient Greek dramas can be altered slightly or extensively without changing the messages intended by the original authors. Such adaptations can make these dramas more accessible to modern audiences.
If Medea does not entirely understand every aspect of her whirling character, she would do well...
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