Medea, daughter of the Colchian King Aeetes, niece of Circe, and granddaughter of the Sun God Helios, is known for ...

MEDEA: Tragedy. By Euripides. Directed by Deborah Warner. (Through Nov. 25. Abbey Theatre at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley. 80 minutes. Tickets $36- $56. (510) 642-9988, www.calperfs.berkeley.edu) ...

As her version of Euripides’ play opens, the author discusses her turn to drama, being bullied at school and the damage done to children when parents split up When the curtain goes up on Rachel Cusk’s ...

With modern media’s growing offerings of female-centered retellings of classical tales, the ancient Greek myth of vengeful sorceress Medea may not seem so appealing. Medea, who takes revenge on her ...

It seems callous, even monstrous, to dub all of that "entertainment." Yet that's the only word that fits. Working from playwright Ben Powers' 2014 version of Euripides' Greek tragedy, director Jerry ...

(From L to R) Jim Lichtscheidl, Kate Guentzel and Kurt Kwan star in Pillsbury House Theatre's production of "The Children," a play inspired by the Greek tragedy "Medea." When it comes to staying ...

Perhaps the hottest ticket at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this spring is a show with a 2,000-year-old story: "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles" by OSF's resident playwright, Luis Alfaro. He's a ...

The £2,000 prize for the best arts journalism essay in 2014 went to a powerful and insightful review of the National’s Medea, starring Helen McCrory as the murderous mother of Greek mythology One long ...