FINAL NOTES

• Medea performed in the Olivier theatre

  4th September 2014
• Directed by

  Carrie Cracknell
• Written by

  Ben Power
• Medea

  • Greek style with elements of an abstract performance
  • Movement of the chorus
• Medea played by

  Helen McCroy
• Costume

  • Medea wears a stained white jumpsuit
  • Never wears dresses or skirts - less feminine
  • Stain - her guilt or grief
  • Chorus wear dusty old floral dresses, appropriate for attending a wedding
  • Kreon and Jason wear suits - symbolises their authority and their formality
• Staging

  • Natural woodland with dark background
  • Front stage is bare with a sitting room on stage right which acts as Medea's home
  • Balcony above the main stage is where the wedding appears to happen and where Kreon and Jason appear from - could symbolise heaven/hell
  • Swings in the woodland area which the sons use, could symbolise how young they are and their innocence
• Swings swinging

  Dramatic when Medea drags on the bodies of her recently murdered sons who had been on the swings just a minute before
• Kreon and Medea's interaction

  • Medea is desperate and uses a higher pitch, begs on her knees and fondles his hand
  • Kreon uses a stern tone, good posture and rarely makes eye contact with Medea to show his authority
  • Kreon states 'I fear your magic'
• Medea's voice

  Stern voice but occasionally uses a high pitch when she is extremely desperate
• Find Me written by Olwen Wynmark or something
• Original production of Find Me

  In The Orange Tree theater
• Find Me staging

  • 6 former church pews arranged to create a theatre in the round acting space
  • Could sit 80 people
  • Minimal costume and no set or props
  • Staged during daylight and shows were during lunch time
• Find Me

  Matched Grotowski's poor theatre as the audience and actors shared a space and the production relied on good quality acting
• Find Me characters

  • Verity: tries to be happy
  • Jean: tries to love her daughter and have a happy family
  • Edward: tries to keep Jean calm and have a nice family
  • Nicky: wants to be happy
  • Mark: wants a normal family