Medea [extract]

Summary

ABC Television production for ITV of part of Euripides’ Medea, with the title role played by Sybil Thorndike, for an episode of the arts programme Tempo, entitled The Actor and the Role.

Theatre play

Medea by Euripides [more information]

Play synopsis

Medea wreaks revenge on her husband Jason by murdering their two children and the woman, Glauce, whom he had left her for.

Production history

Performed in 431 BC.

Date of transmission

Sunday 7 April 1968

Time

2.05-2.30pm

Series

Tempo

Channel

ITV

Production company

ABC Television (1955-1968)

Credits

Director

Helen Standage

Producers

Reginald Collin (1927-2011), John Irwin

Playwright

Euripides

Translator

Gilbert Murray

Designer

Roger Allan

Introduced by

Derek Hart

Cast

Sybil Thorndike

Medea

Additional details

Play tags

Greek drama; tragedy

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 4 April 1968 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 27