王女メディア [Medea] (1978)

APGRD id

582

Start date

4th February 1978

Production Media

Stage-play

Languages

Japanese

Associated ancient works

Medea (Euripides)

Scripts:

王女メディア [Ōjo Medeia] (1998) (Mutsuo Takahashi (1937-))

Companies

APGRD Notes

An all-male production, frequently revived until November 1999. Productions from 1987 are described as in association with, or produced by, Point Tokyo Co. Ltd.

URI

https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/582

Venue	Country	Dates	APGRD Notes	Festival
Olivier Theatre, National Theatre (NT), Royal National Theatre (RNT) (London, Greater London, England)	England	24/09/1987 – 26/09/1987	Indoor. Tokusaburo Arashi takes over the role of Medea. Ninagawa nominated for Olivier Award for Best Director. Productions are now listed as in association with, or produced by, Point Tokyo Co. Ltd.
Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Herodeion; Herodion (Athens, Attica, Greece)	Greece	11/07/1984 – 12/07/1984	Outdoors. The audience's standing ovation given after the performance on 11 July was filmed including reaction from Melina Mercouri. Daytime shots also recorded of ruins at Corinth and the chorus and Medea walking among ruins in Athens, around Parthenon.

Venue

Country

Dates

APGRD Notes

Festival

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre (NT), Royal National Theatre (RNT) (London, Greater London, England)

England

24/09/1987 – 26/09/1987

Indoor. Tokusaburo Arashi takes over the role of Medea. Ninagawa nominated for Olivier Award for Best Director. Productions are now listed as in association with, or produced by, Point Tokyo Co. Ltd.

Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Herodeion; Herodion (Athens, Attica, Greece)

Greece

11/07/1984 – 12/07/1984

Outdoors. The audience's standing ovation given after the performance on 11 July was filmed including reaction from Melina Mercouri. Daytime shots also recorded of ruins at Corinth and the chorus and Medea walking among ruins in Athens, around Parthenon.