Medea (1949)

Original id:

3414

Start date:

1 January 1949

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Adaptation

Production notes:

The original production with Anderson as Medea and Gielgud as Jason (ID 29) toured to London in 1948 without Anderson (ID 1657), returning to New York in 1949 with Henry Brandon as Jason (ID 3414), and touring Europe in 1951 (ID 2530).

Media of production:

Stage-play

Languages:

English

Companies:

American National Theater

Ancient works:

Medea

Script	Author(s)
Medea	Euripides
Medea	Robinson Jeffers

Person	Role	Notes
Judith Anderson	Actor	Medea
Henry Brandon	Actor	Jason
John Gielgud	Director
Guthrie McClintic	Producer

Venue	Dates	Notes
New York City Centre (New York City, New York, United States)	1 May, 1949	16 performances
Forrest Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)	14 March, 1949 to 19 March, 1949
Hanna Theatre (Cleveland, State of Ohio, United States)	21 February, 1949

Source	Format	Location if held at the APGRD	Pagination
Greek Tragedy on the American Stage: Ancient Drama in the Commercial Theater, 1882-1994	Book	library	51
Medea in Performance, 1500-2000	Book	library	24, 246
New York City Center of Music and Drama	Photocopy	archive
Judith Anderson stars in a memorable performance of a great Greek tragedy	Photocopy	archive
Forrest Theatre: Medea	Photocopy	archive
Hanna Theatre: Medea	Photocopy	archive

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