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The Golden Fleece; or, Jason in Colchis and Medea in Corinth (1845)

APGRD id
1074
Start date
24th March 1845
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Scripts:
The Golden Fleece; or, Jason in Colchis and Medea in Corinth (1879) (James Robinson Planché (1796-1880))
APGRD Notes
'An Extravaganza'. A burlesque from third and fourth books of Apollonius' Argonautica (plus Euripides' Medea). The production toured until late 1847.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/1074
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Person Credit Notes
Priscilla Horton Actor Jason
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (1797-1856) AKA Madame Vestris Director
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (1797-1856) AKA Madame Vestris Actor Medea
Charles Mathews Actor the Chorus
James Robinson Planché (1796-1880) Writer
James Bland Actor Aeetes; Creon
Mr Caufield Actor Captain of Royal Guards
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Theatre Royal Haymarket (1767-), Haymarket Theatre (London, Greater London, England) England Easter Monday
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.2 Jane Davidson Reid Book
Cahiers du GITA. Vol.5. Thalie: Mélanges interdisciplinaires sur la Comédie Journal
Medea in Performance, 1500-2000 Margaret Reynolds, Olga Taxidou, Diane Purkiss, Ian Christie, Eva Stehlíková, Mae Smethurst, Platon Mavromoustakos, Marianne McDonald, Fiona Macintosh, David Gowen, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin Book
Aristophanes in Performance, 421 BC-AD 2007: Peace, Birds and Frogs Vasiliki Giannopoulou, Charalampos Orfanos, Matthew Steggle, Rosie Wyles, Phiroze Vasunia, Angeliki Varakis, Francesca Schironi, Martina Treu, Sean O'Brien, Bernd Seidensticker, Ewen Bowie, Gonda A. H. Van Steen, Malika Bastin-Hammou AKA Hammou, Betine van Zyl Smit, Amanda Wrigley, Michael Silk, Mary-Kay Gamel, Edith Hall Book
The Golden Fleece; or, Jason in Colchis and Medea in Corinth James Robinson Planché (1796-1880) Offprint