IS Greek tragedy still relevant today? Do we yearn to be exposed to all that suffering and those wailing choruses? I can only speak for myself, but when I see a production as impressive as the current Medea, now playing at @sohoplace, I feel these revered classics have lost none of their power to excite and move.
Why does this particular play by Euripides continue to exert such magnetic force? I suppose because it pushes the idea of revenge to the extreme. Medea, a foreigner from Colchis, has deceived her father and killed her brother to help Jason win the Golden Fleece. Back in Corinth, she is classified as a ‘barbarian’, unceremoniously dumped by Jason so
