DEBORAH WARNER
theatre - opera - installations
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production photographs © Neil Libbert
backstage photographs © Anthony Luvera
Medea, 2000 - 2003
by Euripides
translated by Kenneth McLeish & Volatic Ltd
Original Production Abbey Theatre, Dublin
2000 Abbey Theatre, Dublin
2001 Queen's Theatre, London
2002 BAM, Brooklyn
2002 Ann Arbor, Michegan
2002 Wilbur Theatre, Boston
2002 Kennedy Center, Washington DC
2002 Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
2002 Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
2003 Théâtre de Chaillot, Paris
London production developed and produced by Max Weitzenhoffer, Roger Berlind, Old Vic Productions, Really Useful Theatres in association with Fitzroy Productions.
BAM and US Tour produced in association with Max Weitzenhoffer, Roger Berlind, Old Vic Productions, Nica Burns for Really Useful Theaters and Jedediah Wheeler.
Broadway production by arrangement with Roger Berlind, James M. Nederlander, Daryl Roth, Scott Rudin in association with Jean Stein, True Love Productions inc. and Wendy Vanden Heuvel.
Performances: Abbey Theatre, Dublin 1 June - 1 July, 2000;
Queens Theatre, West End London 30 Jan - 30 April, 2001;
BAM, Brooklyn 1 - 12 Oct, 2002; Power Center, Ann Arbor 17 - 20 October; Wilbur Theatre, Boston 23 October - 3 November, 2002, Kennedy Center, Washington 7 - 9 November; Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley 14 - 16 November 2002; Brooks Atkinson Theate, Broadway, New York December 4 - February 22 2002; 18 - 30 March 2003, Théâtre de Chaillot
Creative Team Dublin:
Director - Deborah Warner
Set Design - Tom Pye
Costumes - Tom Rand
Lighting - Jvan Morandi
Music - Mel Mercier
Production Co-Ordinator - Alison McArdle
Creative Team London:
Director - Deborah Warner
Set Design - Tom Pye
Costumes - Tom Rand
Lighting - Peter Mumford
Music - Mel Mercier
Creative Team Broadway & US Tour:
Director - Deborah Warner
Set Design - Tom Pye
Costumes - Jacqueline Durran
Lighting - Michael Gunning
Tour Management - Jedediah Wheeler, Extremetaste, Ltd.
Dublin Cast
Medea - Fiona Shaw
Jason - Patrick O'Kane
Kreon - Barry McGovern
Nurse - Fiona Bell
Tutor - Garrett Keogh
Aegus - Leo Wringer
Messenger - Padraig Denihan
Children - Jack Horan, Shane Murray-Corcoran, Jack Toner, Luke Wallis
Chorus - Cathy Belton, Bernie Downes, Maire Hastings; Franchine Mulrooney; Fionnuala Murphy; Emily Nagle; Sile Nic Chonaonaigh; Phyllis Ryan
Vocalist - Celia Ni Fhartha
West End Cast
Medea - Fiona Shaw
Jason - Jonathan Cake
Nurse - Siobhan McCarthy
Chorus - Moya Brady, Emma Dewhurst; Kate Fleetwood; Gillian Hanna; Joyce Henderson; Gabrielle Lloyd; Pauline Lynch
Kreon - Struan Rodger
Tutor - Jonathan Slinger
Aegeus - Leo Wringer
Messenger - Robert Hines
Vocalist - Celia Ni Fhartha
US Tour and Broadway Cast
Medea - Fiona Shaw
Jason - Jonathan Cake
Nurse: Siobhan McCarthy
Tutor - Robin Laing
Chorus - Kirsten Campbell, Joyce Henderson, Rachel Isaac, Pauline Lynch, Susan Salmon
Kreon - Struan Rodger
Aegeus - Joseph Mydell
Messenger - Derek Hutchinson